Imagery event nets $25,000 for vineyard workers
Posted by on 10 August 2008 | 0 Comments
With the help of Mike and Mary Benziger and the rest of the
Benziger Family, plus attendees representing local vintners
and growers, vineyard workers and VWS supporters, the
fundraiser for Vineyard Workers Services at Imagery Winery
last week raised more than $25,000.
VWS seeks site for hiring hall
Posted by VWS seeks site for hiring hall on 24 May 2008 | 0 Comments
The day laborers who congregate on Vallejo Avenue just east
of Highway 12 may someday have a hiring hall to work out of,
and while it's not in the foreseeable future, there could be
some sort of temporary shelter for the men soon.
Vineyard Workers Services ready for new year
Posted by Sandi Hansen INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER on 24 December 2007 | 0 Comments
It would be hard to find two more enthusiastic, focused and
dedicated people heading up Vineyard Workers Services in
Sonoma Valley than VWS Executive Director Kenneth Ramirez
and Outreach Worker Mario Castillo.
FARMWORKERS NEED MORE FEDERAL HELP
Posted by March 18, 2007 By Dick Meister on 5 October 2007 | 0 Comments
President Bush finally has granted some relief to the
thousands of farmworkers who have been struggling to feed
and house their families in the aftermath of the severe cold
wave that struck California's farm areas in January. But the
aid is far too little and comes far too late.
Building Labor in Short Supply
Posted by Claudia Reed INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER on 29 June 2007 | 0 Comments
Latinos Take on the Hard Work
Fields of Dreams
Posted by Kenneth Miller on 5 March 2006 | 7 Comments
With hard work and unsinkable optimism, Reynaldo Robledo
went from migrant worker to owner of a California winery.
Program puts migrant workers' health records online
Posted by By Juliana Barbassa ASSOCIATED PRESS on 5 January 2006 | 0 Comments
BOYES HOT SPRINGS – Migrant workers stream through the
United States each year, harvesting everything from
California raisins to Alaska salmon – and leaving behind
precious medical records with each move.