As Congress debates a major expansion in the program for guest workers, the United Farm Workers planned to announce today that it had signed the first nationwide contract covering agricultural guest workers. The union and Global Horizons, a labor contractor based in Los Angeles, have signed an agreement that provides employer-paid medical care, a seniority system and a grievance procedure to help ensure that farms comply with state and federal laws.
See "Farmworkers' Union Is Set to Announce First National Contract for Guest Workers", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, April 10, 2006