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Healthy Workers — Healthy Wines

Online-Portfolio of VWS Initiatives

The following are VWS initiatives and a description of how they fit into our overall mission of Healthy Workers equal Healthy Wines.  If any of them match your areas of interest and you would like to support them through volunteerism, sponsorship or in-kind donations please contact VWS.

Organizational Portfolio:
  Initiative #1:      Vineyard Workers Camps
  Initiative #2:       VWS Education
  Initiative #3:       VWS Health
  Initiative #4:       Strengthening the Resource Center


 

Initiative #1: Vineyard Workers Camps
VWS provides two seasonal migrant workers camps for Vineyard Workers that come into the Sonoma area each harvest.  We are able to house up to 60 workers and provide a variety of services.  The Vineyard workers provide a high level and efficient method to the winemaking process, which cannot be compromised by machines or other means without compromising the wine itself.  They are highly talented and provide a service that no one else is capable or willing to do.   
  Description:
        • Subsidizing camp rents from $10 a day to $5 a day
        • Providing and coordinating services for Vineyard Workers at the camps.
        • Serving food (three times a week)
        • Providing camp-site English classes
        • Conducting work safety classes
        • Providing clothing such as long sleeve shirts and gloves
        • Issuing blankets and sleeping bags

Breakdown of Costs:
Direct cost of providing housing for each vineyard Worker which includes Housing, meals, Education seminars and Health Check-ups.

  1 Worker Per Day        Per Week     Per two week                   Per Month         Per Season
          $30                       $200             $400                      $800                   $1200-$1600

  1 trailer houses 4 vineyard workers 
  Per day      Per Week                Per two week       Per month              Per Season
  $120          $800                            $1,600          $3,200                   $4,800-$6,400


 

 

Initiative #2: The Resource Center

The vineyard workers that we serve can be broken down into two areas seasonal and year round workers. As with the seasonal vineyard workers the year-round Vineyard workers provide a variety of crucial services to the industry, such as work in production, warehouses  and the grounds of the wineries another crucial function is the pruning process. 
        • Providing technology access
        • Outsourcing resources; connecting our clients with other agencies
        • Providing information and technical assistance such as filling out of paperwork
          and job applications.
        • General cost of providing services, such as phone, office supplies, etc.
  
The vineyard workers that we serve can be broken down into two areas seasonal and year round workers.