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SF Supervisors Support Krug Workers
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Progressive Portal
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Feb 07, 2002 19:51 PST
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SAN FRANCISCO VOTES TO SUPPORT KRUG WINERY WORKERS
The San Francisco City/County Board of Supervisors on Mon., Feb. 4, 2002
unanimously passed a resolution of support for the locked-out production
workers of Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena, CA. Supervisor Matt
Gonzalez, a member of the Green Party, sponsored the resolution.
This vote follows a similar measure passed earlier by the Berkeley City
Council upon recommendation from that city's Peace and Justice
Commission.
The text of the San Francisco resolution is below.
Some links:
Napa Valley Register report on the San Francisco action:
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=EC069ED4-A9C9-4153-8112-D23D5AF28313
Write letters in support of the Krug workers:
http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/labor/
Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission minutes, with Krug resolution:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/peaceandjustice/2001peaceandjustice/minutes/110501M30.htm
San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez:
http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/supervisors/gonzalez.htm
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Resolution supporting the workers of United Food and Commercial Workers
Local 186D in their campaign to preserve the last remaining wine
production union in Napa Valley.
WHEREAS, the Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena, California, owned by
Peter Mondavi, Sr., Peter Mondavi, Jr. and Marc Mondavi, has the last
remaining unionized wine-production workforce in Napa Valley, belonging
to Local 186D of the United Food and Commercial Workers; and,
WHEREAS, on July 3, 2001, in the middle of contract negotiations,
management at the Charles Krug Winery locked out 43 Local 186D members
in wine blending, bottling and other production tasks; and,
WHEREAS, management of the Charles Krug Winery has proposed a series of
cutbacks at a time when the winery is experiencing a period of
record-high sales and profits; and,
WHEREAS, these cutbacks include general pay reductions for many workers,
some of whom have worked at Charles Krug for decades, as well as benefit
reductions including cutbacks in medical benefits; and,
WHEREAS, the management at Charles Krug has been employing well-known
union-busting tactics such as replacing union foremen positions with
management staff and eliminating pay raises based on seniority; and,
WHEREAS, the leadership of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union
has called upon management at Charles Krug Winery to end the lock-out
and bargain in good faith; and,
WHEREAS, the management at Charles Krug Winery has refused this request,
and workers remained locked out to date, without work or pay; and,
WHEREAS, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union has asked for
public support in its ongoing negotiations with the Charles Krug Winery;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors officially
supports the 43 locked-out workers of Charles Krug Winery and UFCW Local
186D in its efforts to preserve the last unionized wine-production
workforce in Napa Valley.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution shall be sent to
Peter Mondavi Jr. and Marc Mondavi, owners, Charles Krug Winery, 2800
Main Street, Saint Helena, CA 94574-9502.
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