VLASIC FARMS INC. v. PA. LABOR RELATIONS BD.


777 A.2d 80 (2001)

VLASIC FARMS INC. (formerly known as Campbell's Fresh Inc.), Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Hoffman, Matthew Lee Wiener, Philadelphia, for Vlasic Farms, Inc.

James L. Crawford and John B. Neurohr, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

Arthur N. Read, Philadelphia, for Workers Committee.

James A Diamond, Camp Hill, for AFLCIO.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

Mr. Justice SAYLOR

Presently before the Court is the issue of whether mushroom harvesters are agricultural laborers and, as such, excluded from coverage under the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act.

Comite de Trabajadores de Campbell Fresh (the "Union") filed a representation petition with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (the "PLRB"),1 seeking to represent full and part-time employees involved in mushroom...

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