California Labor Code CHAPTER 5 - Labor Representatives and Elections

• Section 1156.
  Representatives designated or selected by a secret ballot for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the agricultural employees in the bargaining unit...
• Section 1156.2.
  The bargaining unit shall be all the agricultural employees of an employer. If the agricultural employees of the employer are employed in two or more...
• Section 1156.3.
  (a) A petition that is either signed by, or accompanied by authorization cards signed by, a majority of the currently employed employees in the bargaining unit...
• Section 1156.4.
  Recognizing that agriculture is a seasonal occupation for a majority of agricultural employees, and wishing to provide the fullest scope for employees’ enjoyment of the...
• Section 1156.5.
  The board shall not direct an election in any bargaining unit where a valid election has been held in the immediately preceding 12-month period.(Added by...
• Section 1156.6.
  The board shall not direct an election in any bargaining unit which is represented by a labor organization that has been certified within the immediately...
• Section 1156.7.
  (a) No collective-bargaining agreement executed prior to the effective date of this chapter shall bar a petition for an election.(b) A collective-bargaining agreement executed by an employer...
• Section 1157.
  All agricultural employees of the employer whose names appear on the payroll applicable to the payroll period immediately preceding the filing of the petition of...
• Section 1157.2.
  In any election where none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority, a runoff shall be conducted, the ballot providing for a selection...
• Section 1157.3.
  Employers shall maintain accurate and current payroll lists containing the names and addresses of all their employees, and shall make such lists available to the...
• Section 1158.
  Whenever an order of the board made pursuant to Section 1160.3 is based in whole or in part upon the facts certified following an investigation...
• Section 1159.
  In order to assure the full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of the employees own choosing, only labor organizations certified pursuant to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018