{"id":64897,"date":"2026-06-09T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=64897"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:50:24","slug":"winery-workers-in-california-join-local-186d","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/winery-workers-in-california-join-local-186d\/","title":{"rendered":"Winery Workers in California Join Local 186D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>No whining here:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0Tonallo Colon, left, and Wakiza Councilman pose outside the facility after the vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 20, employees of Turner Road Vintners, owned by E. &amp; J. Gallo Winery, voted overwhelmingly to be represented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcwlocal186d.com\/\">UFCW Local 186D<\/a>. The 42 new members at the facility in Lodi, Calif., work in the shipping, Tetra Pack bottling, and warehouse departments. They were moved to unionize by a desire for better benefits and wages, as well as job security and fair scheduling policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign to organize these workers included talking to teams about their industry-specific concerns and collaborating with&nbsp;SPURs&nbsp;(Special Project Union Representatives), to spread the word about the benefits of unionizing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E. &amp; J. Gallo Winery is the leading provider of California wines in select markets around the world. Over 1,000 winery workers are represented by UFCW local unions throughout California and New Jersey under the E. &amp; J. Gallo brand, in addition to workers at two Four Roses distillery facilities in Kentucky, which the company recently purchased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shipping department employee Wakiza Councilman said he\u2019s happy with the vote\u2019s outcome. \u201cI\u2019m pro-union because everyone deserves to be treated equally!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bottling worker Tonallo Colon added, \u201cI\u2019m proud to have supported our team in pushing for what we wanted, a union!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizers have reached out to the company and expect negotiations to begin next month.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No whining here:\u00a0Tonallo Colon, left, and Wakiza Councilman pose outside the facility after the vote. On May 20, employees of Turner Road Vintners, owned by E. &amp; J. Gallo Winery, voted overwhelmingly to be represented by\u00a0UFCW Local 186D. The 42 new members at the facility in Lodi, Calif., work in the shipping, Tetra Pack bottling, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":64899,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[608],"class_list":["post-64897","victories","type-victories","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distillery","tag-ufcw-local-186d"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winery Workers in California Join Local 186D - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Winery Workers in California Join Local 186D\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/winery-workers-in-california-join-local-186d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winery Workers in California Join Local 186D - The United Food &amp; 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