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News (Giumarra/Nature's Partner)
10/26/2009
NEWSPAPER CLIPS
UFW INFORMATION
01/14/2010: Bakersfield Californian: Lawsuit alleges Giumarra allowed sexual harassment
01/13/2010 News from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Giumarra Vineyards Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Against Farm Workers
01/13/2010: CBS Ch 29 (Bakersfieldnow.com): Kern grower faces sexual harassment suit
EEOC v. Giumarra Vineyards Corporation, et al, Case No. 1:09-cv-02255
10/23/2009 KGET: Battle continues between UFW and Giumarra Farms
10/23/2009 Thousands Ask Giumarra to Stop Retaliation Tactics Against Workers - More than 35,000 signatures gathered during online petition against Ag giant
08/03/2009 Los Angeles Times: Targeting heat-related farm deaths
07/30/2009: Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness
08/17/2006 Bakersfield Californian: UFW president: Growers exploit immigration status
08/15/2006 Joint committee hearing 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Capitol: How did support for UFW at largest U.S. table grape company go from 74.5% to 48% in one week?
06/28/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Grape pickers protest conditions at Giumarra
Handout - The election at Giumarra vineyards: From 74.5% to 48% in the week before the election
06/17/2006 Bakersfield Californian: Farmworkers sick after exposure, union says
Statement from Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America: Joint Hearing by Senate Judiciary and Labor and Industrial Relations committees August 16, 2006—State Capitol, Sacramento
8/31/05: Los Angeles Times
UFW Thinks Climate Is Right to Grow Its Ranks
6/27/06: Grape workers demand Giumarras halt crippling and discriminatory practices
2/28/06: Dozens of Giumarra workers attend state hearing on throwing out last year's election
11/18/05: ALRB rules UFW made initial case, sets Jan. 10 hearing on election objections
11/14/05: UFW urges ALRB to throw out 'tainted' Giumarra election, citing 'blatant bullying and intimidation'
9/12/05: Grape workers ask ALRB to investigate threats and intimidation by Giumarra
8/31/05: Grape worker grievances fuel biggest field organizing drive since 1970s