{"id":20344,"date":"2024-05-14T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20344"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:43:21","slug":"california-juice-maker-sues-state-over-unionization-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/05\/14\/california-juice-maker-sues-state-over-unionization-law\/","title":{"rendered":"California juice maker sues state over unionization law\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A California juice product corporation on May 13, 2024 sued the state for implementing a 2022 farm workers\u2019 unionization bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wonderful Co, the giant processor of fruit drinks like Halos Mandarin Oranges and Fiji Water, vows to stop the implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom of California had enacted the law under pressure in 2022 and since then resistance has been bubbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company acted when&nbsp;the United Farm Workers (UFW) recently unionized<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/farmworkers-union-wonderful-co-california-newsom-biden-23dd469e3c2c8aa664ac0fd764c0c54e\"><u>&nbsp;640 employees&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>at one of its premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The multi-billion dollar company apparently funded the current Democratic administration campaign, including that of Newsom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-california-juice-production-profile\"><strong>California Juice Production Profile&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit is important because it involves a leading industry in a state that produces bulk oranges,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/03\/21\/ojai-pixies-friends-ranches-extols-the-salient-features-of-ojai-valleys-late-season-citrus\/\"><u>Ojai-pixies,<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;grapefruit and lemons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With its citrus production at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/Statistics_by_State\/California\/Publications\/Crop_Releases\/Crop_Production\/2024\/042024FLDCRPR.pdf\"><u>1.84 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in the 2023-24 market year, California is still a key source of mainly orange juice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, California supplied&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/citrusindustry.net\/2021\/10\/13\/u-s-citrus-processing-report\/\"><u>44,000 tonnes&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>of navel oranges for juice processing, with the production of processing oranges growing by 8%. This was even as the lead competitor Florida supplied the most oranges but saw production go down by 22%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Input by California and other leading citrus-supplying states saw the U.S. sell&nbsp;<a href=\"#topicOverview\"><u>1.4 million 192-oz cases&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>of juice in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average American drank 18.11 liters of juice per year in 2021. By 2027, however, consumption will have fallen to 17.4 liters per year, according to Statista.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-enter-unions\"><strong>Enter Unions<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Given its prominence in food and beverage production, California organises the &#8220;farm-to-table&#8221; labor movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is this movement that often attracts union workers to defend what they believe are products of their own making.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the producer of much of American food, California got an exemption in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/farmworkers-union-wonderful-co-california-newsom-biden-23dd469e3c2c8aa664ac0fd764c0c54e\"><u>1975\u00a0<\/u><\/a>\u00a0that allowed the formation of farm unions. But since the United States does not have a federal law for organizing farm labor, California\u2019s exemption remains contentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though farm unions in 2024 are not as many as they once were, they are slowly making a comeback.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new lawsuit by the California juice giant therefore seeks to eradicate the unionization law and hinder farm unions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California juice product corporation on May 13, 2024 sued the state for implementing a 2022 farm workers\u2019 unionization bill.&nbsp; Wonderful Co, the giant processor of fruit drinks like Halos Mandarin Oranges and Fiji Water, vows to stop the implementation. 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