The New York Farm Bureau will attempt to intervene in a lawsuit that supports farm workers’ rights to unionize. Even though the lawsuit challenges existing state law, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he won’t fight it. The state Farm Bureau said it’s attempting to intervene and defend farmers precisely because Cuomo won’t do it. The Farm Bureau says farmers have been abandoned by both the governor and attorney general who won’t defend state laws, and the state’s farmers will be hurt if the plaintiffs prevail. “We believe exempting farm workers from collective bargaining rights is constitutional, and excluding farm workers from State Labor Relations Law is based on decades of rational public policy.” The New York Farm Bureau said legal precedent is clear, and the New York Civil Liberties Union is attempting to make an end-run around the state legislature, which hasn’t approved collective bargaining for state farm workers despite numerous chances to do so.