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Litigation

Nov. 5, 2013

Farm workers allege constitutional violation over locked-door contract talks

A new lawsuit joins a recent case against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The first resulted in a finding that a labor rule is unconstitutional and the second may break new legal ground, too, the plaintiff's attorney said.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A new lawsuit in a volatile dispute involving farmworkers at one of the state's largest fruit growers could help shape parameters of publicity of employment discussions as well as union bargaining power, according to an attorney in the case.


The case filed last week in Fresno County Superior Court contends a mediator wouldn't allow Gerawan Farming Inc. employee Lupe Garcia and several co-...

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