Agricultural Labor Relations Board v. Tex-Cal Land Management, Inc.

Statement of the Case and Facts

Appellant Tex-Cal Land Management is an agricultural employer. It appeals from a preliminary injunction entered July 19, 1983, by the Tulare County Superior Court pursuant to Labor Code section 1160.4.

The injunction orders appellant not to discriminatorily displace listed bargaining unit seniority employees, not to discriminatorily reduce availability of employment for listed bargaining unit seniority employees; not to hire any persons to do bargaining unit work other than those listed seasonal seniority crews and those steady seniority employees that have performed bargaining unit work in prior seasons; and to give the union 24 hours notice of hiring needs to enable the union to furnish the required workers. The injunction is to continue until the underlying unfair labor relations charge has been finally resolved.

The history of this dispute is complicated, and the record before the court is disorganized. A brief summary follows.

Appellant is a large-scale farming operation. It does not own land, but farms under long term leases. The underlying Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) complaint charges that appellant and a long list…