"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
06/01/2018 at 09:07 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
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I have been working on this for almost 5 years. The lady you see in the picture is my client. I am supposed to be off today, but I have to go to the office so she can do a Facebook live broadcast in Spanish of our explanation of what is happening in the case. I am very happy for the people we represent, who just want their votes counted. But this is a battle, not the war, and there will be appeals and efforts to stop a ballot count from happening. But I told Silvia a long time ago that as long as they wanted to fight, I would help them. I admit I never thought it would go this far.
The reason I am supposed to be off is that Toyotafest is tomorrow in Long Beach (250 miles away) and we are supposed to drive down tonight. But dark clouds are looming, as the convertible top guy installing the upgraded top says there is something broken that presents a problem. I am confused and worried, as I cannot imagine what is broken, as I just drove a 2 day rally, about half of which was in the rain. After I do the Facebook thing. I am driving down there to take a look. He has had the car since Saturday. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt because he has been doing this for decades and has a great reputation around town.
ttyymmnn
> ImmoralMinority
06/01/2018 at 09:31 |
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Congratulations. The whole union thing is getting, or has always been....interesting. I guess that’s the best word I can come up with. My brother is a school teacher (in CA) and has no kind words for the union. I am a musician in Texas, a right-to-work state, and I have not been a union member for many years. However, the AFofM seems to be doing good work for the musicians. But then again, I wouldn’t really know since I’m not a member. I do, however, benefit from the work the union does to secure fair wages and contracts. Perhaps it varies by state or profession, but we grew up believing that unions were fighting for workers who had no voice against management. Has what started as a noble cause turned into a for-profit business?
Party-vi
> ImmoralMinority
06/01/2018 at 09:54 |
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Can you confirm that my math is right? Based on the following:
Average 2017 pay for ag workers in California is $12.40/hr
Average 56 hours per week
5,000 workers at Gerawan
$10,000,000 owed per UFW for the past 4 years missed income
Assuming everything above can be used for some dirty math, $10M over 5,000 workers is $2,000 per worker, but this if for 4 years, so that’s an average of
$500 per year per worker
that UFW claims Gerawan should have been paying per the 2013 agreement.
If the average Cali ag worker is pulling down $12.40/hr for 56 hr/week, that’s an income of $36K/year. $500 is about 1.39% of that salary, but the UFW dues are 3% . Essentially, UFW representation would cost Gerawan workers more money than the representation is getting them in bargaining. What’s the benefit for Gerawan workers? For the record, I believe employees need unions because the purpose of a company is to make money, and you don’t do that being fair to your employees, but I can see how Gerawan workers may not want UFW representation.
Stapleface
> ImmoralMinority
06/01/2018 at 09:57 |
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So, long story short. Essentially the union strong-armed the Gerawan workers into “unionizing” due to a bogus vote? What’s the union’s angle here? Trying to collect dues while doing nothing for the farm workers?
duurtlang
> Party-vi
06/01/2018 at 10:34 |
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Average 56 hours per week
Is that a real average? Here that would be illegal, way above the treshold. 60h/week max for 1 week, max 48h/week average over 16 weeks. A ‘normal’ full time job is 36-40 hours. Minimum paid vacation (excluding holidays like Christmas and Easter and the like): 4 weeks/year.
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Party-vi
> duurtlang
06/01/2018 at 10:37 |
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I should have clarified. The information I read stated workers ad 9.6hr days and worked an average 5.5 day week, but the math shows that’s almost a 6 day week.
Agricultural workers (and all workers) here fall under different labor categories. People picking fruit/produce in the field will never see the same benefits as someone spinning around in an office chair for 2,080 hours a year.