Comments for Gallo purchases Snows Lake Vineyard for undisclosed amount at http://www.lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.lakeconews.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:15:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27100:gallo-purchases-snows-lake-vineyard-for-undisclosed-amount&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197#comment-4366 Don't worry too much. Last I heard people don't have to work there if they don't want to. - aluchsinger Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:41:46 +0100 http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27100:gallo-purchases-snows-lake-vineyard-for-undisclosed-amount&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197#comment-4358 Get one person who does not approve of GalloCorp's stance on unionized employees to apply for a job (and hopefully get hired, that's key to this idea) and then ask him/her to join up, pay dues, and "talk union" with co-workers on his/her/their non-working hours. Watch "Norma Rae" again, this time with an eye toward "Hey, there's a situation just like what Joe/JoAnne says is going on at his/her job." Remember some years ago when Safeway Corp tried to thump its' hairy chest and make threats about anyone joining any worker's union? The motto there, and many employees wore a metal pinned button which proclaimed "Solidarity Works." I've done a little ground work and it turns out the slogan is up for grabs now. The UNIONIZED chain (hooray!) of markets have to treat employees decently. No back to back work shifts handed out along with the claim that "Well we just don't have enough employees. You are needed to double back and work another shift starting in 10 minutes." There's a simple solution to "Not enough employees," Duh. Hire more people! Clean up the corner-sitters who hold signs proclaiming their need for work. Hire them on a provisional basis in case ABC Corp or whatever behemoth owns whatever company that is non-union and TELL THEM they will be checked out for use of illegal drugs or any other substance not usually used at work. Should they test "dirty" after the results of the randomly-picked workers to be tested, the door is that way. Your last check will be mailed to you and no, I don't think this company would be a good one to use for a reference. NEXT!!" Some employers illegally ban union activity by letter; I have received and framed one such letter addressed to myself from the Easter Seal Society. It stated: "Any person joining any union of any sort or discusses the idea of unionization on company property and/or time will be summarily fired." Yes I could have gone to NLRB and kept my P**-On job. But I wouldn't do it because I wouldn't want to go on working with the Lewinsky who busted me to the Honcho; also I was ill with flu that was followed nearly immediately with pneumonia. I'd been sent home because "You are coughing and endangering everyone who works here. Go home!" Off time totalled one work day worth of hours. I got canned for "absenteeism." What? THEY sent me home! When E S S mails out those whiny gimme letters and includes a pre stamped envelope, I stuff that thing with thrown-away pieces of paper advertising whatever, and send the thing back. E S S has had to pre-pay the postage, see? Just one little way of making a ripple that might turn into a wave. Just a little something to think about.. - ca215 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:26:37 +0100 http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27100:gallo-purchases-snows-lake-vineyard-for-undisclosed-amount&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197#comment-4355 Snows Lake became a good neighbor, after settling with the county and residents of the Murphy Springs area over water use, grading violations, wildlife corridors and other mitigations. It remains to be seen what kind of neighbor Gallo will be. They're right in my back yard, so I will soon find out. Too bad they had to let good people go. Jess Jackson took on Gallo in an intellectual property lawsuit over label art. I believe he got whipped. Whatever happens it is sure to be interesting. - a guest Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:37:04 +0100 http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27100:gallo-purchases-snows-lake-vineyard-for-undisclosed-amount&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197#comment-4354 There goes the neighborhood! Nothing says, "We Love You" like Gallo union busting campaigns or cheap wine. - Hal Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:38:53 +0100