Posts tagged Agricultural Labor Relations Act
United Farm Workers has unionized eight farms under 2023 CA law. Here’s where
January 2, 2026 // The 2023 law made it easier for farmworkers to vote for union representation by signing authorization cards, a process referred to as a “majority support petition” or “card check.” Previously, under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, farmworkers could only vote for union representation in secret ballot elections conducted on their employer’s property.
Wonderful vows to fight pro-union ‘card check’ law after court rules lawsuit improper
December 9, 2025 // Cooper said the decision does not explicitly address the merits of Wonderful Nurseries constitutional challenge, which a lower court has already concluded has merit, he said. Also, the decision does not interfere with a separate lawsuit filed in federal court by nearly two dozen workers represented by the Right to Work Foundation, he said. “And nothing in the ruling prevents the Superior Court from deciding that the Card Check law indeed violates the California and federal Constitutions, a decision we look forward to,” he said.
CA Farmworkers’ Right to Unionize by Mail May Change
March 8, 2023 // If a majority voted to unionize, the employer had to recognize the union. Labor advocates say this process poses significant barriers for farmworker unionization, as many workers fear employer retaliation. More than half of California’s farmworkers are undocumented. Also a 2021 Supreme Court decision put limits on union organizers’ access to growers’ property. Farmworkers are not covered by the union protections afforded most other workers under the National Labor Relations Act. California’s agricultural workers didn’t gain the right to unionize until 1975, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, after years of United Farm Workers activism to improve work conditions.