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Mandatory mediation changes rules for negotiating farm labor contracts

Author(s) -

Philip Martin,

Bert Mason

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v057n01p13

Subject(s) - collective bargaining , mediation , negotiation , skepticism , certification , labor relations , business , governor , labour economics , political science , economics , law , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , aerospace engineering

In September 2002, Governor Gray Davis signed the first major amendments to the 1975 Agri-cultural Labor Relations Act in 27 years. Under these amendments, if a farm employer and certified union are unable to negotiate a first collective bargaining agreement within 6 months, a mediator can impose an agreement. The number of contracts in California agriculture has declined precipitously since the mid-1980s, and we are skeptical that mandatory mediation will sharply increase the number of workers employed on farms under collective bargaining agreements.

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