NLRB Rules that Post-Harvest Workers are Covered by Federal Labor Law

May 14, 2026 By Jonathan A. Keselenko , Isabel Celio   As we previously blogged, the line between “agricultural” work and “processing” work in the cannabis industry has real consequences for whether workers can unionize under federal labor law. Agricultural employees are excluded from the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), meaning they lack the right to organize under federal law. […]