California Supreme Court rules for farmworkers, and upholds binding mediation
Source: LA Times
California’s highest court decided unanimously Monday that farmers may have a labor contract imposed on them if negotiations with a union fail to produce an agreement.
The state Supreme Court, overturning a lower court ruling, upheld a 2002 law that permits the state to order farmers and unions to reach binding contracts.
The Legislature passed the law after determining that farmers were refusing to negotiate with unionized workers. The law allows either side to ask for a neutral mediator and for that mediator to impose a contract covering wages and working conditions.
The court said the law provided “numerous safeguards” to ensure fairness, including opportunities for appeal.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-farmworker-court-20171127-story.html
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the courts working for the greater good and helping people who aren't rich white males. Can't have that. Gotta pack that court with RWNJ fuckderalist society tools.
Look for huge expenditures from kochs et al. on the campaigns of RWNJ justices running for the next Supreme Court seat retention election.
I hope they crash and burn. And they will, as long as CA still has good public higher education. Of course, the dump tax scam has higher education squarely in the cross hairs.
