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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law

Mar. 23, 2021

High court reviews rule giving union organizers access to farms

The rule gives a limited number of organizers access to farm property during nonwork hours for three hours a day, for as many as 120 days a year.

High court reviews rule giving union organizers access to farms
Farmworkers listen to volunteers talk about the COVID-19 vaccine in Hemet, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges a California regulation that lets labor organizers enter private property to meet with farmworkers, arguing that it amounts to a government taking of property. (New York Times News Service)

A California regulation that gives labor organizers limited access to the private property of agricultural businesses came under federal scrutiny Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the regulation violates property rights under the Constitution.

The regulation was established by the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board in the 1970s -- a state and industry-specific version of the National Labor Relations Board ...

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