Health and Safety Rules

ALERT -- Government Agencies Conducting Labor Sweeps in Central Coast Region

The Growers Shipper Association (GSA) has issued a notice to its members regarding reports that agents from Cal/OSHA, the CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (i.e. Labor Commissioner), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and the CA Employment Development Department are conducting inspections and audits of agricultural employers in the Central Coast region.

Jeff Janas Aug 20 2015 in Immigration

UFW Files Access Notices on California Farms

UFW has been actively filing ‘Notices of Intent to Take Access’ with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB). Over 30 access filings have been submitted over the last 30 days. UFW organizers have visited a number of farms along the southern and northern coasts and the Central Valley.

Jeff Janas Jul 28 2015 in Heat Illness

Brown Appoints Top ALRB Attorney as Counsel

Sylvia Torres-Guillen, the Agricultural Labor Relations Board’s (ALRB) general counsel, has left the agency to serve as special counsel to Governor Jerry Brown. Torres-Guillen’s tenure was marked by major policy and personnel changes as well as controversial actions in a number of cases, most notably the UFW’s attempt to force Gerawan Farms and its employees to accept an ALRB-imposed contract after a 20 year absence by the union and a parallel vote by Gerawan employees on decertification of the union. The employees’ votes from the November 2013 election remain uncounted and impounded by t

Jason Resnick Jun 25 2015 in Work Place Regulations

House of Origin Deadline Pushes CA Legislature to Pass Bills

The first year of the 2015-2016 California legislative session has advanced beyond the June 5th deadline for bills to be voted out of their house of origin. Several key labor and employment bills that WG has been actively lobbying are updated below.