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ALRB PROPOSES CARD CHECK REGS
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) has published a regulatory proposal to implement card check/majority support petition legislation passed by the California Legislature in 2022. These proposed regulations deal with the handling of card check/majority support petition petitions, the ALRB's practices in handing petitions and employer objections to petitions and ALRB findings, and with imposition of civil money penalties for unfair labor practices.
Initially, it appears the draft regulations fail to provide a procedure for an employee to withdraw a signed authorization card or a signature on a petition for union recognition, a basic protection to ensure agricultural employees' actual current wishes concerning union representation can be determined. It also is not clear that the proposed regulations require the ALRB to implement procedures to verify the cards or petition signatures represented by a petitioning union as indicative of employees' wishes actually are authentic and represent the current preference of those employees.
FELS' parent organization, California Farm Bureau, will review these proposed regulations and comment if necessary. Comments are due April 22. You can find more information at ALRB's website. Staff: Bryan Little; blittle@cfbf.com
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