Agricultural 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)