Word: kovacevich
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...John Kovacevich says that the UFW's position does not adequately represent the conditions of workers on his lands and that the activist rhetoric obscures the realities of grape farming...
...elder Kovacevich says he remembers when the UFW was an important group in the valley about 35 years ago. But in recent years, he says, his workers have chosen not to join unions...
...only does California have the nation's most stringent agricultural regulations, but John Kovacevich says that he could not staff his farm if he forced his pickers to work under terrible conditions...
...John Kovacevich, who is the the third generation of the family to grow grapes in the San Joaquin Valley since his grandfather emigrated from Yugoslavia, says that many people may not realize that his work-force is made up of repeat workers who live in the area-contrary to the popular image of itinerant migrant labor...
...four workers who oversee the picking crews, Kovacevich says two have been working for him for more than 20 years, and the other two worked in the crews for years before their promo- tions...