Sep 24
HELP US SUPPORT OUR SIBLINGS AT UFW BY JOINING US AT THE FRENCH LAUNDRY THIS SATURDAY AT NOON TO PROTEST THE GOVERNORS VETO OF THIER ORGANIZING BILL – TOMORROW AT 1 PM!
RSVP HERE
UPDATE – Siblings, I wanted to give you some important information and clarification for tomorrow’s rally and march in support of our Sibs at UFW. First of all, this is not a protest against the French Laundry! Sometimes you have to take advantage of a moment in time to make changes for a lifetime, and the spotlight of the Governors moment is perhaps the only way our Siblings can get an audience. And the owner realizes this is not an attack on his business or why would he have brought the picketing workers his famous cookies?
The organizers of the rally and march have been working with the Sheriff and Mayor to ensure that everyone participating in the event will be as safe as possible and the community impacts kept to a minimum. So they have decided to move up the time to
1 pm to accommodate a walk in support of Alzheimer’s that will be using the same route which will allow those supporters to be as safe as possible. They are asking that participants of the rally arrive as close to 1 pm as possible to avoid confusion.
Organizers and the Sheriff would like to encourage everyone to park at the Church a block away from the rally and has graciously agreed to allow us to use their parking lot to accommodate our members and lessen the impact to local residence and business.
Parking at Yountville Seventh Day Adventist Church
19210 Finnell Rd
Yountville Ca.
Be safe and have a wonderful weekend. Hope to see you tomorrow.
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Siblings, as if you need a reason to visit the beautiful Napa Valley, we have a critical one for visiting the French Laundry in Yountville this Saturday at noon. Our Siblings at the United Farm Workers are marching to the Laundry in Yountville, to protest the Governor’s veto of their bill which would have made it easier to vote to organize. Kind of ironic, isn’t it? Our members worked their butts off for the past four months urging their Sisters and Brothers to turn in the vote by mail ballots sent to their homes, which made it easier to vote to keep the Governor in office, much to chagrin of big business and the far right, only to have him veto legislation that would allow working families the same right.
So join me and our Labor Siblings at the French Laundry this Saturday at high noon to show Gavin that we are behind the essential workers who came to his rescue during the pandemic!
Here is a message from UHW and more information on the bill:
To our Sisters and Brothers,
UFW President Teresa Romero is on the march and asked that I share this with you. Farm workers are marching to the French Laundry to protest Governor Newsom’s veto of our bill that would have made it easier to vote in union elections. He didn’t meet with us, or you when we requested meetings in June and July. Maybe he will be at the French Laundry Restaurant. We welcome your members and leaders to join us at the French Laundry Restaurant, 6640 Washington St. Yountville Ca. in the Napa Valley at 12 noon Saturday. We will then march the 5 1/2 miles to Newsom’s Plump Jack Winery.
UFW, standing together!
Our Director, Jon Riley, standing with United Farm Workers!
Thanks to the French Laundry for sharing some of their famous cookies with the UFW’s activists!
Sep 09
California Rent Relief Application Assistance
Siblings, if you have family members, friends or members that need help identifying and applying for benefits due to them, this may be of assistance.
California Rent Relief Application Assistance – updated 8-19-21
Aug 15
Mare Island Dock of Bay Festival
If you live in San Francisco or Marin take the private chartered ferry boat to and from the Mare Island Dock of Bay Festival. On the boat you will be treated to live music, tasty brews, gorgeous views, and Tony’s Famous Pizza. Arrive at the Festival and enjoy 15 bands, 3 stages, exotic arts and crafts in the Vendor Village, international cuisine, Mare Island Brewing Co beers, fine wines, waterfront seating area’s, hydraulic mainstage with huge video wall and sunset lightshow. Headliners include 3x Grammy Winner Fantastic Negrito (Oakland), Jackie Greene (Sacramento), Dumpstaphunk (New Orleans), Them Vibes (Nashville), and New Monsoon (Marin). For more information, please visit – www.dockofbayfest.com
When: Saturday, September 18th, 2021
Time: 1PM to 9PM (Doors open at 12PM)
Aug 04
The 12th Annual Labor Day Breakfast hosted by the Ironworkers #378 on September 6th at 10 am.
We decided to hold this year’s event even though we just had the Salute after hearing all of you say how much Labor needs to celebrate the work we did this year!
Click here to download a printable copy of our flyer
Aug 04
Spring Salute Update and Thank you!
The 11th Annual Spring Salute Awards Reception was a huge success! Developer Terry McGrath allowed us to use the Napa Ruins at American Canyon which was transformed into an Urban Jungle by Jackie and her Crew from Suite Treatments. We honored our President G Anthony Phillips with the Lou Franchimon Lifetime Achievement award, and we honored Congressman Mike Thompson by naming our first Legislative Legacy award after him and it will be awarded every year to the elected official that has dedicated a career to fighting for working people. And of course, we honored a number of affiliates, members, elected officials and community allies on a beautiful day at a magical setting. If you missed it you can watch it by going to:
But it wasn’t all perfect! The porta potties never showed up. Do not use United Site Services! Thankfully, we identified, adapted and overcame it with a little help from vintner Salvador Ramos who delivered one onsite and saved the day! And of course, in my befuddled state of mind I forgot to mention from the stage a couple of supporters. Most notably CTA as well as the group of young men and women from the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs group who helped set up and serve. My apologies to those Sib’s and anyone else I might have failed to mention.
And of course, a special shout out to K Dub who created a work of art thanking essential workers which was won by Dana Dean! Take a look at all the pictures here!
I have included a thank you to all that helped make the event happen as well as sponsors and award winners below!
Thank You to the Village that created the Urban Jungle at the Ruins
Terry McGrath Properties – Venue
Salvador Ramos – Saved the Day!
EVENT ORGANIZER
Jacque Barsotti – Suite Treatments
Bill, Stacey, Danielle, Kaci and Molly
STAGE
Livebox Digital –
Jamison Valerio
Gary Zurth
IATSE Local #16
Mark Lampkin Media
Tim Banks, Kareem Gedra, Terrence Vaden
Herb Watts & Dean Loyd, IBEW #180
PRESENTERS
Congressman Mike Thompson, Senator Bill Dodd, Supervisor Belia Ramos, Mayor Lori Wilson and Mayor Scott Sedgley
CATERER
George Magallenes – El Chile Caliente
Servers – APAPA Solano Chapter 185
THE BAR
Alfredo Delgado – UFCW
Dustin Baumbach – Teamsters Local #315
Jimmy Thessan, David Rodriquez, Donna Fernandez, Alberto Ruiz
COMMITTEE
G Anthony – IATSE #16, Corey Penrose – VTA, Glen Branaman – VTA, Alfredo Delgado – UFCW #5, Shirley Herbert – Den Mother, Fred Davenport – CSEA #199, Jesse Espinoza – OE-3, Danny Bernardini – Building Trades
SITE PREPARATIONS
Fred Davenport, JR and Christian Matulac – CSEA #199, Anthony and Ethan Langes
Glen Branaman, Corey Penrose, Doug Jones – UHW
SITE SETUP
Joe Shelfo – Sheetmetal Workers #104 Apprentices , Ken Miller – Ironworkers #378 Apprentices, Jimmy Jacobs & Jesse Espinoza – Operating Engineers #3 Apprentices, IBEW #180, Larry Robertson – Wildbunch Inc., Danny Bernardini – Building Trades, Nestor Aliga Jr – CSEA #199 – Kat Cook – MIRA, Paul Whitney – MIRA, Cathy and Taylor Riley, G Anthony Phillips, Corey Penrose, Jana Modena – Tim Grayson’s Representative
SITE CLEANUP AND TEARDOWN
Sheetmetal Workers #104, Ironworkers #378, Suite Treatment Crew, IATSE #16, UFCW #5, Teamsters #315, OE #3, CTA, SEIU #1021, IBEW #180
And all the guests that chipped in to return the area to its natural state.
Spring Salute Sponsorships – 2021
Sponsor Level
IATSE #16 Commander in Chief
The Shryne Group Commander in Chief
SEIU-UHW Commander in Chief
IBEW Local #180 Commander in Chief
Teamsters #315 Commander in Chief
Valero – Benicia Admiral
SEIU #1021 Admiral
UFCW #5 Admiral
Sheetmetal Workers #104 Admiral
California Labor Federation Admiral
National Union of Healthcare Workers Admiral
Operating Engineers #3 Captain
Assemblyman Tim Grayson Captain
Mark Joseph, AC City Council Captain
CTA – California Teachers Association Captain
Ironworkers #378 Captain
Napa Solano Building Trades Council Captain
Suzanne Besu-Truchard for Napa Supervisor Captain
Napa County Democratic Central Committee Captain
Insulators LU 16 Captain
B.A.C. Local 3 Commander
IUPAT Painters Local #376 Commander
Joe Summers, Contra Costa CLC Commander
Cement Masons #400 Commander
Eric Sklar, Fume Commander
Cecilia Aguilar-Curry Commander
EMBARC Commander
2020/2021 Spring Salute Award Winners
Mike Thompson
Congressman Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson Legislator’s Legacy Award
- Anthony Phillips
President, Napa Central Labor Council & IATSE #16
Lou Franchimon Lifetime Achievement Award
Morgan Hannigan
Solano Democratic Workers Alliance
Labor Partnership Award (Solano)
Liz Alessio
Councilmember Liz Alessio, City of Napa
Labor Partnership Award (Napa)
Troy Plunkett
Spinal Cord Injury Active Network
Labor Community Partner Award
Ironworkers #378
Siblings in the Seats Political Program
Labor Champion Award
Doug Jones
SEIU-UHW
Labor Champion Award
Operating Engineers #3
Siblings in the Seats Political Program
Labor Champion Award
Lara Ruark
Benicia Teachers Association
Labor Champion Award
Joe Shelfo
Sheet Metal Workers #104
Labor Champion Award
Caitlin Vega
Union Made, LLC
Labor Champion Award
Ben Hill
Firefighters #1186
Labor Backbone Award
Jorge Romero
Cement Masons #400
Labor Backbone Award
Monique Wild
SEIU #1021
Labor Backbone Award
Leon Garcia
Mayor Leon Garcia, City of American Canyon
Labor Activism Award
Tiffanee Jones
CSEA #199 & Solano County Democratic Central Committee
Labor Activism Award
Johanna O’Kelly
President, Democrats of Napa Valley
Labor Activism Award
Jeanette Wylie
CTA & Solano County Democratic Central Committee
Labor Activism Award
Machinists #1173
In Honor of Toyota’s Striking Members
Becky Benton Memorial Courage Award
-Jon
