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Sonoma County Farmworkers make National Headlines

Climate, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

“Over four years of massive wildfires, the wine region’s agricultural commissioners worked closely with the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and Sonoma County Winegrowers to repeatedly grant permission to growers to harvest in wildfire-evacuation zones.” ‘Touted as ‘essential’… treated as disposable’: Labor Day anger as migrant farm workers toil inside wildfire evacuation zones Published  2 days …

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Sonoma County Farmworkers make National Headlines

Climate, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

“Over four years of massive wildfires, the wine region’s agricultural commissioners worked closely with the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and Sonoma County Winegrowers to repeatedly grant permission to growers to harvest in wildfire-evacuation zones.” ‘Touted as ‘essential’… treated as disposable’: Labor Day anger as migrant farm workers toil inside wildfire evacuation zones Published  2 days …

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Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trains | US news | The Guardian

Climate, Corruption, News, Resources, Worker exploitation / September 19, 2019

“Blackjewel is one of several coal companies in Kentucky that have not complied with laws requiring them to post bonds to protect miners’ wages in case the company abruptly shuts down.” Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trains | US news | The Guardian The protest has endured for more than …

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AGAIN: Trump’s Virginia Winery Hired Undocumented Workers

Big Wine, Social Equity, Uncategorized, Worker exploitation / May 3, 2019

Once again, Trump properties busted for undocumented workers….hypocrite in chief….. Trump’s Virginia Winery Hired Undocumented Workers OSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images Seven employees at Donald Trump’s Virginia winery told Univision that they are undocumented. The Charlottesville, Virginia, winery produces 40,000 cases a year, a feat one migrant, who was not identified for fear of retribution, said was …

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Guardian Opinion: Cities across America should unite against big corporations

Community Rights, News, Social Equity / February 28, 2019

“Just like workers have been pit against one another to ensure employers have their pick of desperate employees who are willing to work for less and less, cities believe they have no choice but to compete against one another for corporate suitors. There is only one antidote to this state of affairs: solidarity.” Guardian Opinion: …

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Whose Recovery? Inequality and working poverty in Sonoma County

Big Wine, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / February 25, 2019

Whose Recovery?  Inequality and working poverty in Sonoma County By Mara Ventura and Martin Bennett Despite the prolonged recovery from the 2007–09 Great Recession, inequality in Sonoma County has soared, median household income has stagnated and wages have fallen for the bottom 60 percent. The number of families in the county who are working poor …

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