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A bill that would give California farm workers overtime after 40 hours of work a week, or eight hours a day, passed the state Assembly on July 1. The bill now goes to Governor Schwarzenegger and unions and opponents are waiting to see what he will do. The Governor has 12 days to sign or veto the bill. The Senate Majority Leader urged the governor to approve the bill, along with the United Farm Workers and other advocacy groups. The California Farm Bureau and the California Chamber of Commerce are among the groups against the bill, saying that it will only kill jobs, or force farms to hire more workers. A spokeswoman for the UFW said that they understand that the bill might have mixed results, but that farm workers deserve the same benefits as other workers in California.