Abandoning for the moment a proposed legislative solution to a long-standing problem for agricultural workers, a group of labor organizations has petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to prohibit hand weeding, which they say is just as bad as - and possibly worse than - the outlawed short-handled hoe. The petition, filed July 1 by the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), the United Farm Workers of Ame
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