Unions, Labor Rights and the Future of Winery Workers
Harvest at Hiyu Wine Farm, Hood River, Oregon / Photo by Nate Ready In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) into law. It allowed employees to unionize and negotiate competitive wages and working conditions. Agricultural workers, however, were not included. The treatment of agricultural workers in the United States is “deep in the shadows of slavery,” says Elizabeth Strater, director of strategic campaigns for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), the country’s largest union for agricultural workers. A precursor to the UFW, the National...
Source: winemag.com