A California law that gives labor organizers permission to trespass on private property and disrupt business operations 120 days a year to recruit new members should be struck down as unconstitutional, farmers urged a seemingly receptive Supreme Court. The case, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, court file 20-107, is an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The telephonic oral arguments March 22 lasted 69 minutes. The petitioners are Cedar Point Nursery, a strawberry farm in Dorris, and Fowler Packing Co. Inc., in Fresno, which produces grapes and mandarin oranges. Together they employ about 3,000 people. The lead respondent is Victoria Hassid, a Democrat, in her capacity as head of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the petitioners, some aggressive recruitment tactics by labor activists may be curbed. California law forces agricultural producers to open their property and businesses to …
Farmers Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down California Rule Allowing Aggressive Labor Organizing
March 22, 2021
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