Tuesday September 18, 2018 was the day in which the Gerawan Farming workers’ ballots from 2013 were finally counted after being impounded and locked up for five years by the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Overwhelmingly the workers elected to decertify the United Farm Workers labor union from their workplace: 1,098 for “No Union,” and 197 … Continue reading It’s Time to Shut Down The Corrupt California Ag Labor Board
Silvia Lopez
Senate Democrats Have No Clothes (Or Ethics), With ALRB Confirmation
Democrats in the State Senate Thursday confirmed former Sen. Isadore Hall (D-Compton) to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board on a party line vote. You’ll recall Hall’s recent “obscenity-laced tirade” and threats to use his position to ‘get’ several farmers who opposed his confirmation: “Are you the mother******s here to testify against me tomorrow?” Hall then … Continue reading Senate Democrats Have No Clothes (Or Ethics), With ALRB Confirmation
Former Sen. Isadore Hall, Now ALRB Member, Levels Threats in Obscenity-laced Tirade
California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin De León is facing another scandalous issue. Vidak said he personally heard from several witnesses that on the eve of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Rules committee, that ALRB Commissioner Isadore Hall, “in an obscenity-laced tirade, threatened to use his position to ‘get’ several farmers who oppose his confirmation. … Continue reading Former Sen. Isadore Hall, Now ALRB Member, Levels Threats in Obscenity-laced Tirade
FBI Called On For Investigation of California Ag Labor Board
Former Senator Isadore Hall, a Democrat who marched with the President of the United Farm Worker’s labor union, and publicly declared his solidarity with the UFW campaign against the Gerawan Farming employees, has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Hall’s confirmation hearing is March 1. After losing a race … Continue reading FBI Called On For Investigation of California Ag Labor Board
ALRB Board Ties to Dem Political Demagogue Richie Ross
The Sacramento Bee just published an article featuring go-to Democrat campaign consultant, longtime lobbyist, and Godfather of the United Farm Workers, Richie Ross. The Bee probably did not to intend to, but the article cements Ross’s intertwining and conflicting roles, like a reptilian shapeshifter, synonymous with the UFW and California Agricultural Labor Relations Board member … Continue reading ALRB Board Ties to Dem Political Demagogue Richie Ross
ALRB Spent $10 Million To Prevent Gerawan Workers’ Ballots From Being Counted
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board has spent $10.8 million to prevent Gerawan Farming Workers 2013 votes from being counted – more than $4,100 per vote to deny farmworkers their legal rights to be heard. The Agricultural Labor Relations Board is also being sued for bias and conflicts of interest, and has been found actively and openly … Continue reading ALRB Spent $10 Million To Prevent Gerawan Workers’ Ballots From Being Counted
CA Farm Workers to Gov’t: Stop Helping Us
CA Gov. Jerry Brown tries to force unionization by Katy Grimes Thousands of farm workers in California must now abide by an unwanted unionization deal struck decades ago and never enforced. That’s because a California judge with the state’s agricultural labor relations agency on Friday ordered the ballots destroyed from a labor union decertification election, rather than … Continue reading CA Farm Workers to Gov’t: Stop Helping Us
UFW Crudely Takes Credit for Gerawan Farming Employee Raises
As Gerawan Farming in Fresno, CA announced wage increases to its thousands of employees on Independence Day, the United Farm Workers union hilariously tried to take credit for the raise. On the eve of the Independence Day, farm workers at Gerawan Farms received notice that their employer proposed a wage increase to $11.00 per hour. Yet the UFW posted this … Continue reading UFW Crudely Takes Credit for Gerawan Farming Employee Raises
Democrats To Farm Workers: Shut Up and Vote (for us)
In one of the most significant labor relations fights in the country, California farm workers have made history again. But this fight is about trying to get their votes from a November election counted, in order to boot the farm labor union out of their place of business. The Agricultural Labor Relations Board has steadfastly refused to … Continue reading Democrats To Farm Workers: Shut Up and Vote (for us)