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Farmworker union approves contract with Sakuma Bros.
http://www.goskagit.com/news/farmworker-union-approves-contract-with-sakuma-bros/article_67f9774c-7f45-5c06-878e-0c07ebfb1f4e.htmlFamilias Unidas por la Justicia, Skagit County’s first and only farmworker union, approved its union contract Thursday night with Sakuma Bros. Farms berry pickers.
Sixty-six workers voted, with 48 voting to accept the contract.
“From today on, we have a contract,” Familias President Ramon Torres said through an interpreter. “We have a clear path forward ... to just wages.”
The contract, as explained by Torres, guarantees workers a minimum wage of $12 an hour for work in the fields, but will target an average wage of $15 an hour.
As before, an individual’s wage will be based on how much they pick, but the per-pound rate will be adjusted depending on the average pick rate of workers, he said.
“Now workers won’t have to kill themselves to make $15 (per hour),” Torres said...
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