New York appeals court says bar on farmworker unionizing is unconstitutional

A New York state appeals court on Thursday said an 80-year-old exemption in state labor law barring farmworkers from joining unions is unconstitutional.

In a 4-1 decision, the Albany-based New York Appellate Division, Third Department said a 1938 amendment to the state constitution guaranteeing “employees” the right to collectively bargain was broader than a law adopted a year earlier that protected workers’ rights to organize but excluded farm laborers.

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