The National Council of Agricultural Employers has filed a brief of amicus curiae in support of Wonderful Nurseries’ fight against California’s “unjust and unsafe” card-check law, the group said.
NCAE President and CEO Michael Marsh said in a news release that California’s card check law eliminates secret ballot union elections, gives private labor unions an unprecedented ability to impose bargaining and contractual obligations on an employer without even verifying whether the actual farmworkers support the union.
“The removal of this most basic democratic practice and protection for farmworkers does not merely open the door wide for potential misuse, abuse and coercion by private labor unions — it takes the door off the hinges,” Marsh said.
NCAE supports Wonderful’s fight against the “perplexing” card-check law, Marsh said.
“America’s farmers and ranchers are already struggling to keep operations running under the worst agricultural economy in generations without themselves and their workers being harassed by private labor unions,” Marsh said.
