11:30 am in St. Helena
On eve of Thanksgiving, Krug-Mondavi workers
turn in more than 17,000 signatures of
consumers pledging to support boycott
Just before Thanksgiving, a delegation of more than a dozen fired Charles Krug-Mondavi workers joined by more than 75 supporters will turn in hard-copy petitions Tuesday, Nov. 21 signed by more than 15,000 Americans pledging to boycott all Charles Krug and C.K. Mondavi wine labels.
Boycotters signed up on-line during a several week drive. The contract between the United Farm Workers and Charles Krug-Mondavi expired and the company has refused to return to the bargaining table to re-negotiate an agreement.
In July 2006, all vineyard workers from the Krug-Mondavi winery were fired just after the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board told the winery it was filing a formal complaint against the company. The ALRB complaint alleges Krug-Mondavi had no right to refuse to bargain with its vineyard workers over renewing their United Farm Workers contract.
Petitioners say they are "dismayed to hear that Krug-Mondavi fired all its workers just after the Agricultural Labor Relations Board informed the company the state was filing a formal complaint for violating the law by refusing to bargain. You had no legal or moral right to fire these workers."
Who: More than a dozen fired Krug-Mondavi wine workers plus more than 75 supporters.
What: Turning in petitions on the eve of Thanksgiving signed by more than 15,000 Americans pledging to boycott Krug-Mondavi wine labels.
When: 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006.
Where: Krug-Mondavi winery, 2800 Main St. (Hwy. 29) just north of downtown St. Helena in the Napa Valley.
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