Labor/Employment,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 28, 2019
9th Circuit upholds organizing rights for farmworkers
The appeals court recently upheld the right of California union organizers to enter an agricultural employer’s property for the purpose of meeting with farmworkers, discussing the benefits of unionization, and soliciting farmworker support for union representation.
Mario Martinez
Partner
Martinez Aguilasocho & Lynch, A Professional Law Corporation
Email: mmartinez@farmworkerlaw.com
Mario is general counsel to the UFW and a founding partner of Martinez Aguilasocho & Lynch,, a law firm dedicated to representing farmworkers.
On May 8, in Cedar Point Nursery v. Shiroma, 2019 DJDAR 3857, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right of California union organizers to enter an agricultural employer's property for the purpose of meeting with farmworkers, discussing the benefits of unionization, and soliciting farmworker support for union representation.
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