THE UFW JUMPSTARTS A NATIONAL BOYCOTT

The United Farm Workers (UFW) announced they will call for a nationwide boycott of Charles Krug and C.K. Mondavi labels in answer to what the UFW considers an illegal subcontracting move. The 36 workers whose contracts expired at the end of 2005 will lose their jobs on July 1, allowing the company to contract out its farming operations to a land manager.

The UFW has filed unfair labor practice charges with the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board, and will likely appeal on the internet to wine distributors and supermarkets not to carry the wines.