California's Union-Sponsored War on Farmers

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"When you look at this picture, asked," why do you want to fight? "MUSES:" Dan Gerawan, the third generation of the family farm in Fresno, California, has been under attack by the California labor return.
Within a few days, the national regulators can impose heavy labor contract, it may force him out of business. Ultimately, however, victims would be his farm workers.
The story of Mr Gerawan down the progress of California dream. His grandfather from dust storms in Oklahoma and migration, started a small farm and his father to become the nation's largest peach and nectarine planting large expansion. Dan and his brother grew up working in the field next to the workers, they still do it.
Employee Gerawan agriculture can earn more than 15 yuan per hour (state, the industry average of $8.70) plus adequate retirement and health benefits. Gerawans instruction of workers and their children's English Catholic school tuition payment. Sylvia lopez, has worked on the farm for 15 years, said: "is there a place, they care about security and interests like Gerawan", the owner of workers can talk, if they have a problem.
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Migrant workers harvest strawberries in March 13201 3 file photo nearby Oxnard, California, on a farm.

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The united farm workers muscle, on the farm in 1990, but soon lost support. Win elections UFW in this year, to organize Gerawan workers (536 total), and in 1992 by the California agriculture labor relations board certification. Holdings, however, is only a bargain after the meeting, the unions lost interest and never purchase contract.
Then, after almost 20 years, no talks up UFW organizers at last October the requirements of the contract, require employees to pay the membership fee of 3% of salary (between $600 and 1000). Gerawan also said that labor unions want to fire workers, who doesn't have to pay.
UFW need cash to pay their own bill. Because of its heyday in the 1970 s, the unions have lost about 90% of the members. Last year, it collected more than $120 million, according to the labor department for the record. Hit the 5000 workers on the Gerawan income may be doubled, and the most simple method to extract the worker's money is to enlist the help of the state.
Earlier this year, Gerawans UFW representatives meet and discuss the requirements of the trade union, but in March the union suddenly break off negotiations and wrote to agricultural labor relations committee forced Gerawan a contract binding arbitration. In 2002, a state law allows tenant union avoidance collective contract negotiation and mediation demand status for the first time. There is no other labor groups have the right to state.
At the same time, the California senate President Darrell steinberg - pushing legislation that allows tenant union contract, request mediation state, so the collective bargaining. Unions tend to mediation, because they do not have a consultation with the management, workers did not get the final contract vote.
Mr Gerawan said it would harm themselves imposed by the contract management personnel and resources, and may eventually force the farm business. In addition to the membership, the united farm workers general counsel Mario martinez says, the union to full pension plans and more expensive medical benefits.
Gerawans boycott trade union power and their workers. First of all, Gerawans national agricultural labor relations committee, complaints Gerawan workers union had abandoned before twenty years, as a result, mediation is inappropriate. Five members of the board of directors, mainly by left-leaning academics and labor lawyers, dismissed the appeal, because, the union was never formally disqualified. At present most of the workers don't know ever confirmed that the union is because 95% of people around the year 1990 was not in the vote.
Lu Pei Garcia, since 1977, has worked on the farm, he and the other 15 workers were allowed to take part in, or at least observe mediation, according to state law "on", should be open to the public. Country rejected the request, the ruling workers by a carefully selected staff said of the trade union committee.
Mr Garcia hence there (state, invaded his co-workers and due process. Fresno high court judge has yet to rule on the case. Gerawan workers, meanwhile, are circulating a petition, recover the certificate the union elections. They have more than 1250 signatures. Are effective, most workers must vote to recover the certificate. Hard truth: before the election, we must conduct conciliation for the parties stipulated by the contract, this can happen at any time, in the next three weeks.
At the same time, a Gerawan workers recently to the police, said the union operation personal attacks threaten him, if he does not support the union. I was told the union operator has shown that their homes, and through the surrounding leaflets that workers earn "free press CON papeles's" (free), namely, immigration amnesties, if they promise to support trade unions.
The union's general counsel, says Mr Martinez, workers' charges are "completely lies," the union is made up of "neutral state officials appointed" agricultural labor relations board has been rehabilitated. At the same time, the union has offered to 14 complaints from unfair labor practices in an effort to weaken the support of the company's workers. (Gerawan denied any wrongdoing.
Last month, the unions to collect Gerawan management, assist to cancel the certification work, because the three 55 supervisors to help distribute the petition (although Gerawan instructions). Agricultural labor relations committee's lawyer asked a temporary injunction Gerawan approval from the state courts and allow the staff member of the board of directors to the fields guiding Gerawan their rights of workers to the company's a penny. Lawyer also think that employees can be seen as an employer's "agents", if they anti-union activities reflects its management.
A high court judge in Fresno, Jeffrey