Vote to oust UFW from Gallo overturned (Yep Same Gallo Award Winner)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091103/BUSINESS/911039953/1350?Title=Vote-to-oust-UFW-from-Gallo-overturned

By Kevin McCallum
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:50 p.m.

The United Farm Workers union has won another round in its long-running legal fight to continue representing about 300 Gallo vineyard workers in Sonoma County.

The state Agricultural Labor Relations Board last week overturned the 2007 vote to oust the union from Gallo Vineyards Inc., citing interference from the powerful Modesto-based wine company.

It’s the second time this decade that a vote to remove the union from Gallo’s Sonoma County operations has been thrown out following allegations the winery illegally tried to influence the election.

A 2003 decertification vote was also tossed after the ALRB found the company had allowed its labor contractors to aid in the petition drive that triggered the vote.

In the latest case, the five-member board found that Gallo hindered the union’s efforts to communicate with workers by giving UFW officials a flawed and incomplete employee list.

In July 2007, workers gathered at Gallo’s Dry Creek Valley estate and voted 125-95 to reject the union that had represented them since 1994.

FULL story at link.