Comments on: Do union activists work for Gov. Brown, farm board?

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:58:12 +0000

Does anything work out there without a dirty hand grabbing graft from hard working people?

By: F

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:44:56 +0000

In reply to Steve Mehlman. What power? Ag has no power in CA. Ag feeds the economy but no one feeds Ag. Don't you understand the government in Ca does not believe in Ag. They only believe in anything that makes them money but not what makes the state moving

By: Steve Mehlman

Steve Mehlman — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:09:01 +0000

With the power big Ag has in this state, this article is absurd.

By: F

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 02:36:08 +0000

Why would Jerry care to step up and do something good for the people? No one remembers the good but only the bad so he wants to destroy our state before he leaves the office and retires once for all. He started in his first term thankfully I was not born but all reading show in his last term lets hope he will turn us into socialism state and god bless us all of getting out of it and cleaning up his mess afterward.
Jerry B does not care. If he cared he would select better people to support his team. He circled himself wit single minded union type of leaches and all he cares is what is good for him and those around him. The rest of us, the rest of those who voted for him and elected him thanks for electing a socialist to run our state and now learn to leave with it.

By: Rex the Wonderdog!

Rex the Wonderdog! — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:29:15 +0000

his is in no way limited to the UFW, the ALRB and the Governor’s office…it goes on at very level of gov.

By: Al Gore

Al Gore — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:41:05 +0000

While not surprising, this incestuous relationship between the UFW, the ALRB and the Governor’s office is appalling. Governor Jerry Brown has more integrity than this. Governor Brown, you need to step in and clean house. What is happening to the farm workers here is an outrage. They are not sheep, to be herded into the UFW pen, branded and fleeced. Yet that’s exactly what is happening, inside your administration, on your watch.

In Kerman, there was an anti-UFW demonstration by farmworkers, where over 2,000 workers lined both sides of the street, stretching out over 1/4 mile, and turning the corner. The UFW supporters were between 20 – 30. A small group, part of which was driven to the scene by UFW leadership. When farm workers stop work to demonstrate 100 – 1 against the UFW, does that not cry out for justice from the Governor’s office? Yet, when the farm workers came to Sacramento, the Governor’s office trots out Martha Guzman-Aceves, former UFW mouth piece and union advocate inside the Governor’s administration.

These farm workers are being dismissed and abused by the UFW, ALRB & their co-horts in the Brown Administration. Jerry Brown, you need to step up and make this right. Give these farm workers their voice, allow them their choice. If the UFW is “wanted” by these workers, why does the UFW fear a decertification vote? Because the demonstration in Kerman showed that the workers are 100 – 1 against the UFW. This is why they are being railroaded into the UFW – $Millions in dues will be taken from these workers to line the pockets of the UFW and fill the campaign coffers of liberal, socialist democrats. It is un-American, a travesty of justice, and the only recourse rests in the hands of Jerry Brown. Are you still a champion of the little guy, Governor, or have you sold out to the UFW too?