Top Court Swat at Union Access Rights Reaches Beyond Farms

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday gutting a California regulation that allows unions to recruit, protest, and organize on farm property could further weaken farm labor in the state at a time when the coronavirus pandemic spotlighted farmworkers’ limited rights nationwide.

At the same time, farmers and business groups said the ruling was an important move to protect property rights by denying union organizers from gaining access without compensating landowners.

“This decision protects everyone’s freedom to decide for themselves who is—and is not—allowed on their own property,” Mike Fahner, Cedar Point Nursery owner and president, said in a statement.

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