Blue Diamond Growers
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Blue Diamond Growers is a California
n agricultural cooperative
and marketing organization that specializes in almond
s. Founded in 1910 as the California Almond Grower’s Exchange, the organization claims to be the world's largest "tree nut processing and marketing company". It serves 3500 almond growers, and helps make the almond crop (valued at over $1 billion) California's largest food export.
The cooperative is privately-held and does not disclose sales figures, although the Sacramento Bee has estimated it to have annual sales of about $709 million dollars in 2009.
The organization is headquartered in Sacramento, California
. From 2004 to 2008 it resisted attempts by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
to organize workers at its processing plant, and according to the AFL-CIO
has been found by the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) to have violated a number of labor laws in its campaign against the union.. In November 2008, however, the union lost an NLRB-supervised vote to establish a branch.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
n agricultural cooperative
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
and marketing organization that specializes in almond
Almond
The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...
s. Founded in 1910 as the California Almond Grower’s Exchange, the organization claims to be the world's largest "tree nut processing and marketing company". It serves 3500 almond growers, and helps make the almond crop (valued at over $1 billion) California's largest food export.
The cooperative is privately-held and does not disclose sales figures, although the Sacramento Bee has estimated it to have annual sales of about $709 million dollars in 2009.
The organization is headquartered in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. From 2004 to 2008 it resisted attempts by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout...
to organize workers at its processing plant, and according to the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
has been found by the National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of...
(NLRB) to have violated a number of labor laws in its campaign against the union.. In November 2008, however, the union lost an NLRB-supervised vote to establish a branch.
See also
- Diamond of California — an unrelated walnut growing company (and former cooperative).