SB 1409

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, grants agricultural employees the right to form and join labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining with respect to wages, terms of employment, and other employment conditions, and authorizes employees to elect exclusive bargaining representatives for these purposes. Existing law creates the Agricultural Labor Relations Board in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and provides the board specified powers and responsibilities with regard to agricultural labor disputes and representation elections. This bill would repeal the provisions of the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 on January 1, 2025. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation in the year 2023 that would, among other objectives, abolish the board, encourage and protect the associational rights of agricultural employees, and appropriate specified funds for the development, improvement, and maintenance of farmworker housing. By July 1, 2023, the bill would require the board to submit to the Legislature a report detailing a process for its abolishment that includes recommendations for subsequent legislation to achieve the objectives of the legislation in the year 2023 described above.