Maybe if the wine industry wasn’t so greedy with their margins they could afford benefits without passing costs to customers 🤷♂️ I deliver for restaurants all day and see how they treat workers vs profits
electro_report
Ah the NY post! Surely this will be quality journalism
canta2016
$0. I’ll do a $.10 match for every $1.00 cut into corporate profit. But besides, I just avoid CA wine to begin with. Nothing against CA wine per se, it just doesn’t stand a chance on QPR vs most other regions.
Shdwrptr
For American wine it’s $0. American wine is already wildly too expensive for its quality compared to essentially every other region.
Quesabirria
Waaaaa. These are all good things.
>For instance, under current regulations, a vineyard operator with 50 or more full-time workers must provide health insurance coverage under federal law, adding more than $530 per acre in compliance costs.
On top of that, employers are required to fund paid sick leave — now up to 40 hours annually — maintain detailed payroll records, and comply with extensive safety mandates such as providing shade when temperatures exceed 80 degrees, access to clean drinking water, and protective equipment for workers.
Layer in environmental permitting, groundwater monitoring fees and pesticide reporting rules, and the total cost quickly balloons into the thousands per acre.
Environmental regulations specifically add another layer of complexity — and expense. Vineyards must implement erosion-control plans, monitor water usage under state groundwater laws, and meet strict air quality standards, including rules governing equipment and agricultural burning.
Even compliance with pesticide use comes with a web of requirements, including monthly reporting, licensing and restrictions near schools
TunaNoCrust811
Me? I’m not paying a single cent more.
Bill Foley is worth $2.6 billion and is buying land in Napa at a rapid pace.
The Gallo family are worth a combined $12.4 billion.
Robert and Richard Sands of Constellation brands? Worth over $3.6 billion a piece.
You want me to feel pity that these billionaires have to provide a living wage, health insurance and safe working conditions for the people doing the actual back breaking labor?
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Maybe if the wine industry wasn’t so greedy with their margins they could afford benefits without passing costs to customers 🤷♂️ I deliver for restaurants all day and see how they treat workers vs profits
Ah the NY post! Surely this will be quality journalism
$0. I’ll do a $.10 match for every $1.00 cut into corporate profit. But besides, I just avoid CA wine to begin with. Nothing against CA wine per se, it just doesn’t stand a chance on QPR vs most other regions.
For American wine it’s $0. American wine is already wildly too expensive for its quality compared to essentially every other region.
Waaaaa. These are all good things.
>For instance, under current regulations, a vineyard operator with 50 or more full-time workers must provide health insurance coverage under federal law, adding more than $530 per acre in compliance costs.
On top of that, employers are required to fund paid sick leave — now up to 40 hours annually — maintain detailed payroll records, and comply with extensive safety mandates such as providing shade when temperatures exceed 80 degrees, access to clean drinking water, and protective equipment for workers.
Layer in environmental permitting, groundwater monitoring fees and pesticide reporting rules, and the total cost quickly balloons into the thousands per acre.
Environmental regulations specifically add another layer of complexity — and expense. Vineyards must implement erosion-control plans, monitor water usage under state groundwater laws, and meet strict air quality standards, including rules governing equipment and agricultural burning.
Even compliance with pesticide use comes with a web of requirements, including monthly reporting, licensing and restrictions near schools
Me? I’m not paying a single cent more.
Bill Foley is worth $2.6 billion and is buying land in Napa at a rapid pace.
The Gallo family are worth a combined $12.4 billion.
Robert and Richard Sands of Constellation brands? Worth over $3.6 billion a piece.
You want me to feel pity that these billionaires have to provide a living wage, health insurance and safe working conditions for the people doing the actual back breaking labor?
Not a chance.