A judge with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board has ruled that the Pictsweet Mushroom Farm in Ventura illegally fired a mushroom picker engaged in organizing activities for the United Farm Workers union.
The 31-page ruling was delivered last week by Administrative Law Judge Douglas Gallop. Gallop said that during three days of testimony last fall state prosecutors proved the firing of Fidel Andrade violated provisions of a state law. That law prohibits agricultural employers from interfering with union organizing activities.
