VICTORY! Two Years, Seven Months, And 21 Days Later, the Castlewood Lockout is Over.

Categories: Front Page, Labor Solidarity Committee

Workers locked out of the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, California since February 25th, 2010 will be able to return to their jobs — and health care coverage — on October 16th.

A month ago a federal judge, finding that Castlewood Country Club had engaged in unfair labor practices and failure to negotiate in good faith, ordered the Castlewood workers reinstated with back pay, giving Castlewood management a month to appeal. Choosing not to appeal, management asked for and was granted additional time to negotiate a settlement with the workers and UNITE HERE, local 2850, the union that represents them. This is the first fruit of that negotiation.

Read the full essay, including a section on Occupy Oakland’s support for the Castlewood workers, here.

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