Like the FLCRA. the AWPA provides for a private right of action and holds out the prospect of large damage awards against agricultural employers who mistreat their workers. This. I am sure. will prove to be the most important deterrent against the continued abuse of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. As budget cuts undermine the Federal Governments ability to enforce the law. farmworkers will depend increasingly on the private bar and legal services organizations to insure that violations are punished and that they are made whole for their losses and suffering. In sum. the act maintains or strengthens most of the provisions of the FLCRA relating to itinerant crewleaders. while freeing fixed situs employers from the administrative burdens which they have protested against for many years.