The California Supreme Court has ruled that unions may continue to engage in “peaceful” picketing and other otherwise lawful union activities on an employer’s private property during a labor dispute and that two California anti-injunction statutes regarding labor activities do not run afoul of the First or Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Ralphs Grocery
A Victory for Agricultural Employers: Governor Brown Vetoes the Controversial Union Election Bill SB 104
By Jonathan A. Siegel on
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Agricultural employers received a victory when Governor Brown vetoed SB 104, the controversial bill which would have made it dramatically easier for unions to organize employers subject to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (“ALRA”). SB 104 was patterned, in part, after the Employee Free Choice Act which has stalled in Congress. SB 104 would …