Mandatory mediation changes rules for negotiating farm labor contracts

Mandatory mediation changes rules for negotiating farm labor contracts

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In September 2002, Governor Gray Davis signed the first major amendments to the 1975 Agri-cultural Labor Relations Act in 27 years.Under these 15-eg2373cl amendments, if a farm employer and certified union are unable to negotiate a first collective bargaining agreement within 6 months, a merlot redbud tree for sale mediator can impose an agreement.The number of contracts in California agriculture has declined precipitously since the mid-1980s, and we are skeptical that mandatory mediation will sharply increase the number of workers employed on farms under collective bargaining agreements.