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Bracero Ban Could Drive Up Fruit and Veggie Prices
Sunlit Salinas report notes that if Congress does not extend the Bracero program into 1950, produce prices may rise due to reduced seasonal labor. Labor leaders warn wages could spike, hurting farms, while AWOC steps up organizing among California field workers. Despite 300,000 agricultural workers, AWOC has signed roughly 5,000, facing scattered strikes and rancher resistance.
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Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
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