61 workers at the Castlewood Country Club have been locked out for two years.
Former waiters, banquet workers and janitors marched through the streets of Pleasanton on Saturday, joined by Occupy Oakland supporters, to rally for their jobs. Many held satiric signs giving support to the 1 percent and glorifying greed. Read a related MOJO article.
In the video above, Sergio Gonzalez talks about how the country club’s management attempted to decertify the union and why an $800/month health care cost increase is not doable on a minimum wage.