This book explains the importance of farmworkers in California agriculture, reviews the history of farm labour and farmworker unions, and then examines the ALRA in operation.

Philip Martin is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, and Chair of the University of California's 60 member Comparative Immigration and Integration Program.

Foreword -- Preface -- Farmworkers in California Agriculture -- The Evolution of California Agriculture -- Farmworker Unions -- The ALRA and ALRB: 1975-1986 -- Representation Elections -- Unfair Labor Practices -- Strikes, Boycotts and Pickets -- The Future of Farmworker Collective Bargaining -- Selected Sections of the ALRA -- ALRB Cases