ALRB counsel reports appeals and federal challenge dates: Nov. 18 oral argument, Dec. 2 rescheduled hearing
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Chief Board Counsel Laura Hike told the Agricultural Labor Relations Board that a Fifth District appeal involving Wonderful Nurseries is set for oral argument Nov. 18, and that a consolidated federal challenge to the mandatory mediation process has a hearing on the board's motion to dismiss rescheduled to Dec. 2.
Chief Board Counsel Laura Hike told the Agricultural Labor Relations Board that two pending legal matters are moving through state and federal courts.
"In the matter involving Wonderful Nurseries, that's the challenge to the majority petition process that's currently in the Fifth District Court of Appeal. Case number is F088520 and F088515. That matter has now been set for oral argument, and that's gonna be on November 18," Hike said. She added that a consolidated federal case challenging the board's mandatory mediation process — involving Wonderful Nurseries, Olive Hill Greenhouses and the Western Growers Association — had its hearing on the board's motion to dismiss postponed and rescheduled to Dec. 2.
Hike identified the federal docket numbers as 1:24‑cv‑01601‑KESCDB and 1:25‑cv‑00577‑JLTEAM and said the hearing on the board's motion to dismiss was previously scheduled for Oct. 20 but was postponed and is now set for Dec. 2. No questions followed her summary.
The matters reported could affect how the ALRB implements majority‑petition and mandatory‑mediation processes depending on appellate and federal rulings; the board did not take immediate action on those items in open session.