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The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Gilbert Padilla and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by organizer Larry Itliong.
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 UFW and Wonderful are locked in battle, each employing legal muscle and PR prowess, and will present their cases to the ALRB, the state agency charged with overseeing farm labor disputes and ...
The State Senate narrowly approved a bill opposed by the UFW, but the Assembly killed the measure. [50] Based on the support for the growers in the State Senate, the growers backed a ballot measure, Proposition 22, which would have guaranteed the right to organize but placed heavy restrictions on the right to strike, boycott, and picket. [51]
It's a role, he said, that will allow him to bring his broader vision for Shafter to light. Read more: California’s wealthiest farm family — and scores of their workers — accuse UFW of bait ...
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Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case involving eminent domain and labor relations. In its decision, the Court held that a regulation made pursuant to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act that required agricultural employers to allow labor organizers to regularly access their property for the purposes of union recruitment ...
The UFW was certified on March 4 as the organizing union for 640 workers at Wonderful Nurseries — North America’s largest grapevine nursery. The UFW submitted 327 valid authorization cards to ...