Items Tagged with 'farmworker rights for labor union organizing'

United Farm Workers submitted ballot cards last week for the first union election under California’s controversial card check law. And it is already facing legal headwinds.

California may grant permanent residency to undocumented ag laborers under a new law that lays the groundwork for Gov. Gavin Newsom to broker a deal with the Biden administration to identify farmworkers as essential and permit them to work and stay in the U.S.

California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board will soon approve new regulations to implement AB 113, Gov. Newsom’s controversial labor deal on card check.

In less than a week,Newsom has pushed through the Legislature sweeping changes to the way farmworkers vote in union elections.

In less than a week, the governor’s administration drafted and then lawmakers passed a bill making substantial changes to elections for farmworker unions.

The Legislature passed a measure on farmworker union elections just days after Gov. Newsom signaled he would not sign it.

While dozens of Democrats have already signed onto Assembly Bill 2183, the measure has nearly identical provisions as one Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed last year after heavy pressure from agriculture and business groups.