Agriculture Co-Chair Quoted on Efforts to Make Changes to the Farm Labor Fair Labor Practices Act

Josh Viau, co-chair of Fisher Phillips’ Agriculture team was quoted in the Dunkirk Observer and the Jamestown Post-Journal on efforts to make improvements to the Farm Labor Fair Labor Practices Act. The main concern regarding the current Act is the fact that farm workers do not have the right to a secret ballot election or the right to decertify from a union.

“The main reason we filed the lawsuit in the first place is to ensure fairness for farmworkers,” Josh, who represented farms at the hearing, said. “Farmworkers do not have the same bargaining rights as other labor workers. They do not have the right to a secret ballot or decertification. There are these cards they sign which essentially count as their votes. We’re working to change the law to fix that.”

To read the full articles visit Dunkirk Observer and the Jamestown Post-Journal.