Court Issues Preliminary Injunction in Wonderful/UFW Case

 Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service

July 19, 2024

The Superior Court for Kern County on July 18 issued a preliminary injunction against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board from enforcing its certification of the United Farm Workers as the collective bargaining agent for employees of Wonderful Companies, LLC, issued by the Board in March.  A UFW spokesperson has indicated it expects the injunction will be appealed.

Among other things, Wonderful alleged that ALRB’s handling of its objections to the certification ignored allegations by nearly 150 Wonderful employees that their information had been used fraudulently to support UFW’s certification.

Separately, Wonderful is challenging the constitutionality of the card check process UFW used to request ARLB’s collective bargaining representative certification.  For its part, UFW has accused Wonderful of intimidating employees in connection with the misrepresentation allegations.

You can read more in coverage by the Los Angeles Times, “Judge Grants Request to Halt UFW Effort to Unionize Wonderful Co. Workers.”