Category: Labor
California nixes yearlong mail-in card-check campaigns for unionizing
Governor Newsom vetoed AB 616, which would have removed the secret ballot election.
California labor bills pass; budget boosts wildfire funding
The bill, which provides essential workers access to the state’s stockpile of N95 respirators in order to avoid problems like those seen in 2020, now sits on the desk of the governor.
4 FAQs about labor in the nut industry
Labor remains a hot issue in agriculture, but the most common questions center on the basics.
Wildfires, smoke put farm employers on high alert
The smoke from surrounding wildfires is not a welcome element to the hot, dry, dusty areas of California’s summer harvest activity, and employers are tasked with protecting their farm employees.
GrubMarket acquires Pacific Farm Management to grow ag services
GrubMarket is adding Pacific Farm Management experts in safety compliance, human resources, finances, labor and more.
Court: Third parties can’t enter private property without compensating owners
The court struck down the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board rule that gave union organizers the right to physically access farm property to solicit support for unionization.
San Diego County providing free COVID-19 vaccines to H-2A workers
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be available to farmworkers crossing into California from Tijuana, Mexico, and other vaccine brands by request depending on availability.
California initiative led by Western Growers, state ag secretary, eyes workforce
Agtech is here to stay, and California knows that the agriculture labor workforce depends on those who know how to use it.
National Council of Agricultural Employers sets webinar on H-2A workers’ comp
For users of the H-2A program, workers’ compensation can be tricky to navigate. This webinar will cover the details in best practices and strategies.
Learning center gets aspiring managers into the field
It’s a challenge very familiar to the agriculture industry: a shortage of qualified labor. The Center for Land-based Learning (CLBL) headquartered in Woodland, California, is looking to change that with an apprenticeship program that puts aspiring farm managers into the field.
Reforms to H-2A program, merit-based visas part of bill reintroduction program
After eight months of negotiations in 2019, it became the first agriculture labor reform legislation to pass the House of Representatives since 1986.
Ag, business coalition disappointed in Cal/OSHA Emergency Standards ruling
Six plaintiff organizations stress the importance of health and safety of farm and ranch workers and disagree that emergency intervention was necessary.
