Agricultural Employment Relations Board
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AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
Agriculture Employment Relations Board
Authority:
Established in 1972 (Laws 1972, chapter 137); reestablished in 1993 (Laws 1993, Chapter 139). Arizona laws regarding the Agricultural Employment Relations Board (AERB) are found in A.R.S. Title 23 (Labor) at A.R.S. § 23-1381 et seq. The AERB contracts with the Arizona Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Consultation and Training Program for administrative support.
Function:
Legislative declaration of policy states the Board is “to foster labor peace, to provide a forum for this state’s agricultural industry and employees to resolve labor disputes and to develop more constructive labor relations.”
History:
The AERB was established in 1972, allowed to sunset in 1993 and was reestablished that same year. See Laws 1993, Chapter 139.
Sources:
- A.R.S. § 23-1381 et seq.
- Arizona Memory Project, Auditor General Performance Audit No. 79-7
Related material at Archives:
- Governor’s Papers (Record Group 1. For AERB, particularly Gov. Williams and Gov. Castro)
- Legislative oral history with Joe Eddie Lopez (Oral History 1 for AERB)
- Agricultural Employment Relations Board (Record Group 9, SG 4, S1)
