When we consider that agricultural workers are partially excluded from the minimum wage law. from the social security system. and from child labor laws as well as from the protections of the National Labor Relations Act. then it becomes flagrantly unjust to use the punitive provisions of that act against the union representing farmworkers. When one views the recent spate of restrictive legislation filed by grower representatives in various States across the country and the combined activity of growers. shippers. and chain stores to kill the union. then it becomes particularly disturbing that the NLRB has reversed its longheld position in a way that lends support to those forces. When one views the condition of the migrant workers and the seasonal farmworkers in this Nation over the past several decades. it is clear that the advent of the United Farm Workers Union has meant a new opportunity for workers who traditionally have been excluded from the protections of the law. Now that the union has made major strides forward in California. in Florida. and in other States. we find the Federal Governments first act of intervention to be an effort to hamstring the union. There also is a separate issue which is involved.