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The Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Matter of Rfsofution NO. 2000/299
Contra Costa County &solving
Not to (Purchase Food Foods from
Basic rVegeta6fe Products, or it's
Parent company, BasicAmerican
IOI EP A'S, Contra Costa County makgs 6ulk,purchases offoodproductsfor use in its facifities,
including the County's medicalanddetention faciCtties;and
14,IaP .AS, Contra Costa County has been made aware of the ongoing stni4 of nearly 800
emproyees of Basic Vegeta6le, a subsidiary of Basic.American Foods;and
14,11�RgA S, these nearly 800 employees have been on strik f since Jufy 1999 over employer
demands which includeda 3-year wage freeze, a reduction in daily workjng hours, anda proposalto contract
out jobs;and
`C NEUAS, subsequent to going out on strikg the employee's were hit with additional'demands,
including the elimination of theirpension andin,September 1999 adstrikng employees were permanently
replaced and
UWEPgAS, Contra Costa County should not be involved in this serious Gabor dispute, and has
legitimate concerns about how quality and consistency can be maintained when a company is in a protracted
Gxbordispute,and
` WE ,A S, it has been confirmed that Contra Costa County is not currently involved, nor has it
been involved in at least 24 months, with the purchase of any food products from either Basic Vegetable, or its
parent company, Basic.American foods.
NOW,, VIE TO , BE IT XESOLVE'ED that the BoardofSupervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, California, does hereby resolve that it will refrain from purchasing products produced by Basic
American Toods, or its subsidiaries, either in bul'kof under whatever labels they may be mark fted until such
time as the tabor dispute is settled.
TAS,S'ED by unanimous vote of the Board9dembers present on this 13t4 day June, 2000.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supen*ors on the date aforesaid.
,Mtntss my handandtheSealof the soardofSuperwrsors
affivdon this i3th day of June,2000.
4ML B.RTMLOX C&tkof the BoardofSupmuon and
County„Rdministrator
'Depty
Introduced by:
Supisor Toe Canciamilla
' District'V
Resolution No. 2000/299