Marisol Gil is a member of UNITE HERE 2850, and has been a banquet server at the Castlewood Country Club for five years. She lives in Pleasanton with her husband and two children, Mildreth and Sebastian.
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Labor's Edge Articles by Marisol Gil
3/17/10
Support Locked Out Workers at Castlewood Country Club
by Marisol Gil
Three weeks ago, our employer, Castlewood Country Club, locked us out of work, and told us that we cannot come back to work unless we accept a proposal that would cause many of us and our families to lose our health care. The Management’s proposal would raise the cost of family coverage to $739.00 per month. For an average worker who earns $12.52 an hour, that’s more than a week’s worth of wages, and is simply impossible.