Hickory Dickery Dock, Port Truck Drivers Are Off the Clock

Hickory Dickery Dock, Port Truck Drivers Are Off the Clock

Jumping ahead of their dockworker counterparts, 120 truck drivers employed by three different drayage companies at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, chose to strike “indefinitely” claiming extensive workplace violations by their employers.  The strike comes at a time when West Coast members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have been engaged in intense negotiations with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) over their contract which expired on July 1.  PMA is the organization that represents port employers.

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Ken Gilliland

Nassif Joins Business Leaders in DC to Push for Immigration Reform

Nassif Joins Business Leaders in DC to Push for Immigration Reform

Western Growers’ President and CEO Tom Nassif will join with several leaders from the business community at a press conference in Washington, D.C. tomorrow July 9, to push for congressional action on immigration reform.  With the window of opportunity closing for meaningful reform this year, several CEOs representing business, manufacturing and agriculture associations will come together to promote a ‘Day of Action’ in support of immigration reform.

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Ken Barbic

MEDIA ADVISORY: BUSINESS, MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURE LEADERS HOLD NATIONWIDE PUSH FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

A coalition of leading business, manufacturing, and agriculture groups -- including Western Growers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Partnership for a New American Economy, Business Roundtable, the American Farm Bureau Federation, AmericanHort, and the National Association of Manufacturers -- will launch a Day of Action for immigration reform with a national press conference in Washington, D.C., and events in more than 60 congressional districts across 25 states calling on Congress and the Administration to work together to enact immigration reform.

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Wendy Fink-Weber

State Water Board Moves Forward with Emergency Regulations to Fast Track Curtailment

State Water Board Moves Forward with Emergency Regulations to Fast Track Curtail

In hearings this week, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) considered a proposed resolution regarding drought-related emergency regulations for curtailment of water diversions.  The authority to adopt emergency measures was made possible through Governor Jerry Brown’s emergency drought declaration which occurred on January 17, 2014 and was continued in his April 25th proclamation.

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Gail Delihant

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