US: Winery Hires Jobless for Harvest
US: Winery Hires Jobless for Harvest
Sep 15, 2011 6
(Wines&Vines) - Taking a page from the United Farm Workers Union, John Salisbury, president of Salisbury Farms in San Luis Obispo County, opened his picking crews to anyone interested and capable of performing the labor. He was happily surprised at the response to his “call to arms.” By yesterday, he’d signed on 16 pickers, and calls keep flooding into the 12,000-case winery, many from people who’ve never before performed physical labor.
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