Mr. Speaker. the plight of the migrant farmworker is possibly the worst in the Nation. While most laborers in this country are protected by Federal laws and are represented by establishedand often powerfulunions. the American farmworker is left at the mercry of his employer without the benefits of job security. pension plans. sick leave. or labor laws. Numerous attempts to correct these injustices and to unionize farmworkers in the past have failed. mostly due to lack of outside support. adequate organization. and protection by the law. The recent strike in Delano. Calif.. however. is an exception to this pattern. It is the first successful attempt on the continental United States to organize migrant farmworkers. This attempt is different from most of those in the past partly because it was originated and is led by farmworkers themselves. A159.6 The National Farm Workers Association. which was organized in 1962 by farmworkers. is the first union of its kind to win a contract and recognition by a growerthe Schenley Corp.. and later the Christian Bros.