By all accounts, the ALRB has been a quiet state-sponsored accomplice for the United Farm Workers in the union's combative relationship with Gerawan Farming
On Labor Day, CA Democrats Up To Old Labor Abuses With Gerawan Workers
The historic abuse of power the Agricultural Labor Relations Board has exerted over family-owned Gerawan Farming and its thousands of workers is illegal. Gerawan's farm workers do not want union control of their workplace or work lives, but have been targeted by the United Farm Workers labor union and the ALRB since 2012 for takeover.
In May, the Court of Appeals ordered the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board to count the workers' decertification votes from a 2013 election, but the agency has ignored the order, and still wants to destroy the ballots and instead force a non-negotiated "contract" on the workers.