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ALRB reports UFW certification at Mooch Farms, updates on complaints and administrative orders
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Summary
At its July meeting in Sacramento the Agricultural Labor Relations Board heard an executive officer report that a certification issued June 27 designates the United Farm Workers as bargaining agent for workers at Mooch Farms Inc.; staff also summarized recent settled complaints, administrative orders and several pending enforcement matters.
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board in Sacramento heard an executive officer report that a June 27 certification designates the United Farm Workers (UFW) as the exclusive bargaining agent for workers at Mooch Farms Inc.
ALRB executive secretary Santiago Avila Gomez reported that a notice of intent to organize and a majority support petition were filed by the United Farm Workers on June 20 in the Mooch Farms matter (case numbers given in the report as 2025-NO-001 and 2025-RM-001) involving fruit and vegetable commodities. "Certification issued on June 27 designating the UFW as the exclusive bargaining agent for those workers," Avila Gomez said during the meeting.
The executive officer also summarized recent complaint activity. A complaint filed June 30 involving Valadao Dairy in Kings County (described as involving dairy cows) was reported as settled, and the UFW–Monterey Mushrooms matter (identified in the report as 2019 CL 005, et al.) was described as settled after a request to take the hearing off calendar. The general counsel later clarified the board was still obtaining charging-party signatures to finalize the administrative record for that settlement.
Avila Gomez reported recent administrative orders issued since the last board meeting. He identified ALRB administrative order 2025-05 in the UFW–Monterey Mushrooms matter, which postponed the commencement of the hearing and was issued June 13. He also identified ALRB administrative order 2025-06 in the Ocean Mist Farms matter, an order issued June 26 granting a regional director's request for enforcement of a subpoena and for enforcement of a prior ALRB order (identified in the report as Board Order No. 46 / ALRB No. 5) and noting the underlying case number 2017CE-006VIS.
On pending matters, Avila Gomez said there were two pending special permissions to appeal (one filed June 9 and one filed June 10) and reported that the general counsel's request for enforcement in the Dixon B Company LLC matter (listed as 2024-CE-093) was filed June 30; as of the day before the meeting, briefing in that matter was complete and pleadings had been circulated to the board.
The items described in the executive officer report were presented for informational purposes; no formal board action accompanied these case-status updates aside from routine agenda business earlier in the meeting. The board did approve the meeting minutes from the June 25, 2025 meeting by motion, with Board Member Lightstone moving, Board Member Bridal seconding and the motion passing unanimously.
