It. unlike other measures introduced in the past. is particularly sensitive to the differences between farm labor and other industries. differences which require a detailed set of protections to insure that elections would actually permit the workers to decide whether they wanted a union and which union they wanted. This moment also marks another accomplishment for Cesar Chavez. president of the United Farm Workers of America. AFLCIO. who began this movement many years ago and. despite enormous obstacles and powerful opponents. continues to speak out against the injustice that still faces the Nations migrant workers. His movement can be credited to a large extent with having spurred better wages. working conditions. and public recognition for the Nations farmworkers. This new law may be the start of a new era in farm labor. an era where laws protect the rights of the farm workers to organize. to choose a union of their own choice. and to obtain a better share of the bounty that they harvest.