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California’s San Joaquin Valley could see the greatest impact from a law meant to make it easier for farmworkers to vote in union elections, a regional labor expert said.
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board has certified three United Farm Worker election petitions in the last six months. ... Three workers, who now want their vote revoked, say they ...
AB 2240 will also now require HCD by Jan. 1, 2026 to update its definition of “migratory agricultural worker,” which residents must meet to live at the center.
In 2014, the California Department of Food and Agriculture found that the state’s over 76,000 farms had combined revenue of approximately $54 billion, while agricultural workers farmworkers earn an annual average salary of $14,000 and roughly 30% of farmworkers live in households that are below the poverty line.
A California state assemblyman representing the Central Valley area accused the ARLB of being a “rogue agency” that is “out of control.” [3] The ALRB's regional director tried to prevent the workers from voting, leading workers to sue the ALRB to force agency to permit them to choose whether or not to be represented by the UFW.
The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) [note 1] is a landmark [2] statute in United States labor law that was enacted by the state of California in 1975, [3] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state, a first in U.S. history.
Bryan Little, a spokesperson for the California Farm Bureau and Farm Employers Labor Services, said the organizations aired ads in the winter of 2022 to educate agricultural employees on the new law.
The strike was led by the United Farm Workers against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Salad Bowl [3] [page needed] strike was only in part a jurisdictional strike, for many of the actions taken during the event were not strikes. The strike led directly to the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975.