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Bill would place cannabis agricultural workers under PERC jurisdiction for collective bargaining; unions press for parity, growers push back
Summary
House Bill 1141 would give cannabis agricultural workers the right to collective bargaining under the Public Employment Relations Commission instead of leaving them excluded as agricultural laborers under federal law. Unions and workers urged passage; producer groups and growers warned of unintended consequences and urged secret‑ballot elections.
The committee considered engrossed substitute House Bill 1141, a measure to place collective bargaining for cannabis agricultural workers under the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). Committee staff explained the bill would extend a state‑level collective bargaining framework to workers who cultivate, grow, harvest or produce cannabis on licensed farms; it aims to fill a gap left by the National Labor Relations Act, which excludes agricultural workers from NLRB…
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