Ventura County Agriculture Labor Relations

State labor officials have ruled that pickers at the nation's largest strawberry grower should be represented by separate bargaining units in Oxnard and Watsonville, increasing the likelihood that the United Farm Workers will once again represent pickers in Ventura County. The ruling, affirmed Tuesday by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, clears the way for a June election at Coastal Berry Co.'s Oxnard operation.

State labor officials have ruled that pickers at the nation's largest strawberry grower should be represented by separate bargaining units in Oxnard and Watsonville, increasing the likelihood that the United Farm Workers will once again represent pickers in Ventura County. The ruling, affirmed Tuesday by the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, clears the way for a June election at Coastal Berry Co.'s Oxnard operation.