Unionization of Blue Diamond comes before council

By Jim Downing - Sacramento Bee Staff Writer, Published 7:08 pm PST Monday, December 4, 2006.

For the past two years, the Blue Diamond Growers almond cooperative has been embroiled in a battle with its workers over efforts to organize into a union.

The issue is scheduled to move to the City Council chambers Tuesday, when council members are expected to consider a resolution urging Blue Diamond to agree to the demands of union organizers. Blue Diamond has 700 employees at its headquarters and processing plant just north of Sacramento's midtown.

The city has no official jurisdiction over labor issues at a private firm, but some council members say Blue Diamond opened itself to public scrutiny when it agreed to take a multimillion dollar incentive package from the city to keep then-struggling almond cooperative from leaving town.

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