Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board

Opinion

KANE, J.

Pursuant to Labor Code section 1164 et seq., if an agricultural employer and a union certified to represent the agricultural employees of that employer have failed to reach an initial collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (the Board) may, if requested by one of the parties and certain statutory conditions are met, order them to undergo a binding process referred to in the statute as “mandatory mediation and conciliation” (MMC). (§ 1164, subd. (a).) In the MMC process, after an initial 30-day period of voluntary mediation is exhausted, a…