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In 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union and the United Farm Workers union sued Cal/OSHA, saying the statute was too weak and the agency’s enforcement was “woefully inadequate.”

“This is just the latest attempt by the Newsom administration to promote the woefully inadequate and inequitable voluntary agreements, undercutting bare minimum protections,” Overhouse said.

The government has described the wider leasehold system in England and Wales as "feudal", and that it had "fallen woefully short of the dreams of homeowners".

My body was holding up all right, even if I was falling woefully behind the other workers and for stretches was almost alone.

As woefully short as our nation has fallen in creating a land of liberty and justice for all, it has also proven to be a vision whose inspiration continues to survive the storm.