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California Supreme Court upholds compulsory arbitration for agriculture

November 28, 2017 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of California's "mandatory mediation and conciliation" process for labor disputes between agricultural employers and unions. In Gewaran Farming, Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the state's high court ruled that compulsory interest arbitration---whereby an arbitrator ca ...