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Northern California olive producers are reporting shortages of workers that are hampering their harvest.
Thursday's edition of the Capitol Press carried the story. "Guys are jumping from one crew to the next crew thinking they're getting a better deal, then you lose a crew for a while and then they come back because they realize it's just as good as where they were," said Scott Patton, a Corning area olive producer. "People are walking off saying they won't pick unless they get so much. Farmers are paying a lot more per ton for picking."
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Cal/OSHA Standards Board Amends Tree Work Rules
Effective October 25, 2012 revised rules will go into effect regarding "Tree Work Maintenance or Removal" in Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 7, Article 12, Sections 3420 - 3428 of the General Industry Safety Orders. The Board also revised provisions of the High Voltage Electrical Safety Orders §2950 to include the minimum distances when tree trimming activities are performed.
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Commentary: Obama Hits a Foul by
Honoring Cesar Chavez
Ruben Navarrette, CNN
"...Chavez has significance as a historical figure. It is because of the UFW that farmworkers now have clean water and toilets in the fields, collective bargaining, lunch breaks and other legal protections. But Chavez was never a leader for all Latinos....Last, most Latinos disapprove of the president's heavy-handed immigration policies and record number of deportations....Chavez earned many titles in his life, but "champion of immigrants" was not one of them. He was primarily a labor leader who was concerned about illegal immigrants undercutting union members, either by accepting lower wages or crossing picket lines....According to many historical accounts, Chavez ordered union members to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service and report illegal immigrants who were working in the fields so that they could be deported."
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Bitterness continues after UFW's loss at Corralitos Farms
By Donna Jones
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted: 10/04/2012 06:05:19 PM PDT
WATSONVILLE -- Workers at Corralitos Farms are denying union charges of unfair labor practices by management during a recent election.
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Lock-Out/Tag-Out Tools Available
The Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable (PRR) is a group of companies committed to improving workplace safety and health. The PRR Good Practices Task Force compiled information from members companies' existing safety and health programs and created materials that provide the public with a set of "successful" or "good" practices for confined space and lockout/tagout procedures. Failure to perform these procedures properly can lead to potentially life-threatening injuries to employees. The Task Force's tools provide a means for the employer to evaluate program effectiveness.
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