In the 1930s, America’s farmworkers were excluded from the landmark protections extended to other workers as codified under the New Deal. The 1935 National Labor Relations Act and the 1938 Fair Labor Practices Act expressly exempted them, along with domestic workers.
Across the country state legislatures followed suit, denying the most basic labor protections for this workforce that was most often migratory and vulnerable to exploitation.
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