Arizona Farmworkers Union v. Whitewing Ranch Management, Inc.

OPINION

JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.

Primarily this appeal raises the issue of the constitutionality of a provision of the Agricultural Employment Relations Act, (A.R.S. § 23-1385(B)(13)), which requires that a strike called by a labor organization must be authorized by a majority of the bargaining unit as ascertained by secret ballot. This issue arises out of an appeal of a preliminary injunction against the continuation of a strike called and conducted by appellants, Arizona Farmworkers Union (Farmworkers), on the premises of the Whitewing Ranch near Dateland, Arizona. The Farmworkers urge the…