California Women for Agriculture recognizes the necessity of having a fair and equitable policy leading to agricultural labor reform. Agriculture employees are critical to California's agricultural industry. We must have a skilled labor force available on a year round basis. We strongly recommend that agricultural labor policy include the following:

1. Address the need for a stable, reliable and legal labor force. The current foreign agricultural worker program (H2-A) is ineffective and must be reformed.

2. Effective governmental control over the identification of migratory agricultural labor.

3. The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act must comply with the National Labor Relations Act.

4. Support the enforcement of current legislation to stop employment violations by labor contractors and labor consultants.

5. All farmers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees and should comply with current regulations concerning health, housing, and working conditions.

6. Agricultural employees are critical to California's agricultural industry. We must have a skilled labor force available on a year-round basis.