What We're Reading --
| How California Farmworkers Took on a Sonoma Winery Over Abuses -- and Won |
| The California Agricultural Labor Relations Board determined Mauritson Farms retaliated against a crew of former H-2A employees because some of them organized at the end of the 2021 growing season to speak out against allegedly unsafe conditions. ALRB found not rehiring them constituted an illegal labor practice. (KQED) |
Sour Grapes, Swindles and Scams Behind the Downfall and FBI Raid of NYC's Sherry-Lehmann Wine Store
"The story is kind of crazy in light of who they are. It used to be that you went to Bordeaux, told them you were from New York and they instantly asked if you worked for Sherry-Lehmann. This is a black eye on the industry." (New York Post)