Legal Opinion
Comite Organizador De Trabajadores Agricolas (COTA) (Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee) v. Molinelli
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 2, 1989PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
Article I, paragraph 19 of the New Jersey Constitution of 1947 provides in part that “[p]ersons in private employment shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively. ...” This appeal concerns the rights and remedies available to migrant farm workers under this constitutional provision. The union activities of farm workers are not protected under either the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 141 to 187) (N.L.R.A.), or any New Jersey statute. Their sole protection arises under this constitutional provision.
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