SANTA MONICA -- As expected, the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA) and the California Labor Federation have requested an emergency regulation banning the widespread practice of hand weeding in agriculture.The move came just hours after an informational meeting held by the Standards Board last Friday to go over the rulemaking process for and technical amendments to a proposal that would revise the General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) to enact a permanent ban on hand weeding in a varie
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