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Supreme Court Strengthens Property Rights in Case Involving Labor Organizing on Farms

Supreme Court Strengthens Property Rights in Case Involving Labor Organizing on Farms
Migrant workers harvest strawberries at a farm near Oxnard, Calif. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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A California regulation allowing labor organizers to disrupt businesses for hours every day for one-third of the year to recruit new members is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 vote along ideological lines.

“Today’s ruling is a huge victory for property rights,” Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) senior attorney Joshua Thompson said in a statement. The decision “affirms that one of the most fundamental aspects of property is the right to decide who can and can’t access your property.”