University of California
University of California
8/21/98 Press Release -- Bear Creek Corporation and United Farm Workers
UNITED FARM WORKERS
P.O. Box 62, La Paz
Keene, CA 95814
BEAR CREEK CORPORATION
Corporate Relations Dept
Medford, OR 97501
Friday, August 21, 10:15 a.m. in Wasco
Bear Creek Production Co., the world's biggest rose producer, will break ground on a new $5 million rose packing plant that is creating more than 150 jobs in Kern County and sign a new three-year contract with the United Farm Workers during a ceremony Friday in Wasco.
Bear Creek will be moving its Redi-Plant rose packing operation from company headquarters in Medford, Oregon to Wasco, Calif. where 1,400 rose workers have been represented by the UFW since 1996.
Who: Bear Creek Production Co. President & CEO Bill Williams, United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez, Kern County Supervisor Ken Peterson, Bear Creek workers and guests.
What: Ceremony marking ground breaking for a new $5 million, 150-job rose packing plant and formal signing of a new three-year contract between Bear Creek and the UFW, plus remarks.
When: 10:15 a.m., Friday, August 21, 1998.
Where: Bear Creek Production Co., 29341 Kimberlina Rd., Wasco (From Bakersfield: 99 N, Kimberlina exit, go west on Kimberlina 7 miles, on south side; call 805-758-7500 for further details).
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