Agricultural Labor Relations Board

The California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) was created in 1975 to provide collective bargaining rights to agricultural workers in California who were exempted from federal labor protections. The ALRB protects the rights of farmworkers to engage in collective action to improve wages and working conditions, while conducting outreach and training to workers, employers, and labor unions about their rights and responsibilities under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.

Mission

The ALRB’s mission, enshrined in Labor Code section 1140.2, is “to encourage and protect the right of agricultural employees to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers, of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. For this purpose, this part is adopted to provide for collective-bargaining rights for agricultural employees.”

Vision Statement

The ALRB’s vision is to serve as a trusted state resource for the agricultural community that protects and supports farmworkers’ rights to advocate for better working conditions.

A copy of ALRB's Strategic Plan can be found here.

Department Website: http://www.alrb.ca.gov