Lawsuit alleges union access to farms violates owners’ constitutional protections

By John Cox in The Bakersfield Californian

February 11, 2016

In a legal challenge to unions’ longstanding access to farmers’ private property, a conservative public interest law firm filed a federal lawsuit this week against California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board — an action that may have repercussions for new rules under consideration by the state.

The suit Pacific Legal Foundation filed against the labor board Wednesday says a state regulation giving union organizers limited access to farmworkers on the job violates property owners’ constitutional protections against government-imposed takings and unreasonable intrusions.

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