Labor

Rodney Strong Vineyard workers and supporters hold a “Disco Picket” outside the winery

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Rodney Strong Vineyard workers cheer and rally at the Disco Picket.

HEALDSBURG, Calif. – Rodney Strong Vineyard workers, Teamsters Local 665, and North Bay Jobs with Justice alongside other community members held a disco picket outside the entrance to the winery on Saturday, July 18. The disco picket was in support of workers wanting a fair process for organizing, and a response to the vineyard’s own … Read more

Sonoma County vineyard workers want to unionize – it would be the first time locally in over 40 years

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Teamsters truck with a picket line on either side of the road

On June 20, over 150 people gathered outside Rodney Strong Vineyards in Healdsburg to hold an “informational picket” – carrying signs, dancing, yelling chants, and bringing awareness to how there is no union contract at the vineyard. The picket coincided with the winery’s “Garden Summer Party” event. Rafael Malfavon is a worker at Rodney Strong … Read more

Lack of Starbucks Unionization in the North Bay?

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In December of 2021, Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York voted to unionize their store, setting off a chain reaction that ignited the labor movement in the United States across the service sector.  At the time, it was the only Starbucks unionized in the country. There are now over 700 unionized Starbucks stores in the … Read more