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Cal. Labor Code § 1148 (2026)

Agricultural Labor Relations Board: Organization

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The board may follow applicable precedents of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, which shall constitute persuasive authority in the interpretation and application of this part, but shall not be obligated to follow those precedents where the board deems it inappropriate to do so.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases, 1976–2019 · leading case: Agric. Labor Relations Bd. v. Superior Court, 546 P.2d 687 (Cal. 1976).
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Agric. Labor Relations Bd. v. Superior Court, 546 P.2d 687 (Cal. 1976). · cites it 2× “Labor Code section 1148 states: "The board shall follow applicable precedents of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.”
Highland Ranch v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 633 P.2d 949 (Cal. 1981). · cites it 2× “" With due respect, however, superimposition of that additional burden upon the already well defined certification requirement of the California statute makes absolutely no sense.”
Kaplan's Fruit & Produce Co. v. Superior Court, 603 P.2d 1341 (Cal. 1979). · cites it 2× “3d 551, 557 , we observed that: "This court has long recognized the principle of statutory construction that `[W]hen legislation has been judicially construed and a subsequent statute on the same or an analogous subject is framed in the identical language, it will ordinarily be…”
Martori Bros. Distributors v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 631 P.2d 60 (Cal. 1981). · cites it 2× “) Labor Code section 1148 provides that "[t]he board shall follow applicable precedents of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.”
California Youth Auth. v. State Pers. Bd., 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d 514 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002). “It reverses the existing practice under the [APA] and other California administrative procedures that gives no weight to the findings of the presiding officer at the hearing. See Asimow, Toward a New California Administrative Procedure Act: Adjudication Fundamentals, 39 UCLA L.”
United Farm Workers of Am. v. Superior Court, 72 Cal. App. 3d 268 (Cal. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “Much of the Act is copied verbatim from the NLRA, and the Act goes so far as to provide that the Board must follow applicable NLRA precedent (Lab. Code, § 1148). The basic method of dispute resolution accompanied by appellate review embodied in the statutory schemes of both the…”
J. R. Norton Co. v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 603 P.2d 1306 (Cal. 1979). “(Lab. Code, § 1148.) As previously observed, and as discussed by the ALRB in Perry Farms, when an employer engages in dilatory tactics after a representation election his action may substantially impair the strength and support of a union and consequently the employees’ interest…”
San Diego Nursery Co. v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 100 Cal. App. 3d 128 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “(Lab. Code, § 1148.) And further, in NLRB v.”
People v. Medrano, 98 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2829 (Cal. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “*205 Like section 7 of the NLRA, section 1152 of the Labor Code enumerates the rights of organization, collective bargaining and concerted activities possessed by employees.”
Cedar Point Nursery v. Genevieve Shiroma, 923 F.3d 524 (9th Cir. 2019). “” Cal. Labor Code § 1148 . The outcome of this case is guided by cases concerning the rights of nonemployees to physically access the employer’s property in order to communicate with employees about union organization.”
Montebello Rose Co. v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 119 Cal. App. 3d 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 1981). “Since the ALRA’s statute of limitations has an identical counterpart in the NLRA, it was appropriate for the ALRB to follow NLRB precedent (Lab. Code, § 1148). *31 The ALRB also followed the NLRB’s method of formulating a remedy in tolling cases, i.”
Merrill Farms v. Agric. Labor Relations Bd., 113 Cal. App. 3d 176 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “" Labor Code section 1152 provides: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of…”
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