Central Valley agricultural workers are challenging a 2023 California “card check” law that they said allowed the United Farm Workers union to establish representation without employees’ vote.
Farmworkers for Wonderful Nurseries in Wasco are challenging the mandatory mediation under the California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA), a process where a neutral third-party mediator assists unions and employers in reaching a collective bargaining agreement when negotiations fail to produce one.
The ALRA requires mediation if certain conditions are met. If mediation is unsuccessful, the mediator can impose a collective bargaining agreement on the parties…