Western Growers Vice President and General Counsel Jason Resnick has been appointed by Agricultural Labor Relations Board Chairman William B. Gould IV to serve on a newly created ad hoc labor-management advisory committee representing labor and management. The committee will meet to discuss issues and concerns of general interest to the ALRB and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and views. Subjects of immediate interest to Chairman Gould include timelines for the handling of consolidated election objections and unfair labor practice charges, and worker education about the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.
“I am pleased that Chairman Gould has established the labor-management advisory committee and I am honored to have been appointed,” said Resnick. “I find myself in great company and I look forward to serving.”
Other produce representatives that serve on the committee include:
- Ronald H. Barsamian, Barsamian & Moody;
- Barry Bedwell, California Fresh Fruit Association;
- James W. Bogart, Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California;
- Carl Borden, California Farm Bureau Federation;
- Robert K. Carrol, Arent Fox;
- Manual Cunha, Nisei Farmers League;
- Bryan C. Little, California Farm Bureau;
- Harold McClarty, HMC Farms;
- Tom O’Brien, Driscoll’s;
- Carmen Ponce, Tanimura & Antle;
- Robert Roy, Ventura County Agricultural Association;
- Guadalupe Sandoval, California FLC Association;
- Ana C. Toledo, Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss; and
- Daniel Urbano, Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.