Robert Downen reports in The Albany Times-Union that a New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit for a farmworker may have larger implications for farms and farm labor. The NYCLU filed a suit for Crispin Hernandez, a former worker at Marks Farm in Lowville who says he worked 12-hour days, six days a week, and claims he was fired for requesting basic work protections. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a defendant in the lawsuit, said he would not oppose the it, which effectively granted collective bargaining rights to state farm workers. The Farm Bureau, which represents more than 21,000 New York farmers, was granted intervenor status in the case, so it is slated to be a battle between the interests of farmers against farmworkers. The bureau claims long days are justified as, "There is only one person who has a say in the length of our workday, and that is the good Lord above," former Farm Bureau President Dean Norton said in December. Read the full story in The Albany Times-Union.