UFW Reaps a Bitter Harvest in Watsonville 

Two hundred employees of Corralitos Farms in Watsonville recently did something extraordinary -- they filed a statement with the Agricultural Labor Relations Board denying United Farm Workers' c

harges that many workers were bribed and coerced in the campaign leading up to an election which UFW lost, 187-154, on September 19.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel interviewed 11 Corralitos Farms workers who said they voted no because they did not believe the union's claims it could improve their wages and working conditions, and because they were weary of the union's heavy-handed organizing tactics.

You can read the Sentinel's article at this link:

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_21702083/bitterness-continues-after-ufws-loss-at-corralitos-farms

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Train your supervisors and crew leaders in labor law compliance and good management techniques so your workers don't call on the union; and,

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