Labor/Employment
Jul. 3, 2025
Federal judge upholds California farmworker union law -- for now
The court found that the plaintiffs -- grower groups--failed to show likely success in their constitutional claims.
A federal judge has declined to enjoin a state law designed to make it easier for farm workers to unionize.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff denied a motion by the Western Growers Association to bar the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board from enforcing AB 2183 while its legal challenge plays out. The 2022 state law seeks to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize by creating a "card check" process. The association, which represents farm owne...
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