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The Supreme Court on June 23 sided with California agriculture businesses that objected to a state regulation giving unions access to farm property in

The Southeast Produce Council held its first STEP-UPP Virtual Classroom within the SEPC Virtual Garden on Wednesday, April 28. STEP-UPP, which is an acronym for Southeast Training Education Program for Upcoming Produce Professionals, is SEPC’s flagship program giving retail and foodservice produce professionals a greater understanding of the industry through an emphasis on strategic orientation, personal leadership and hands-on field experience. 

Bill Knight From the pandemic and climate change to racial profiling and democracy, most of us are tired of the “This is the End of [ ] as We Know It” news. However, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in “Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid,” a case that could not just further impede unions but make routine government work difficult. The case – which consolidates that Dorris, Calif., company with a second employer, Fowler Packing of Fresno – centers on a decades-old Californ...

Bill Knight: Court could limit inspections, OK ‘unwanted persons’ Canton Daily Ledger From the pandemic and climate change to racial profiling and democracy, most of us are tired of the “This is the End of [ ] as We Know It” news. However, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in “Cedar Point Nursery vs. Hassid,” a case that could not just further impede unions but make routine government work difficult. The case — which consolidates that Dorris, Calif., company with a ...

Will the Supreme Court overrule farmworker union rights? David Bacon Not long before Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit against California’s farmworker access rule in federal court on behalf of two companies — Cedar Point Nursery in Siskiyou County and the Fowler Packing Company in Fresno. The foundation is a conservative-libertarian group that holds property rights sacred and campaigns against racial equity. It fought hard for the appointment of...