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The State - News from March 27, 1987

More than 200 Fresno County welfare workers walked off their jobs because of stalled negotiations over demands that client caseloads be reduced. They claim that their caseloads are the highest in the state. A field organizer for the Service Employees International Union Local 535 said workers have an average of 204 cases each, compared to 160 in other counties.

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