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Pebble Beach caddies vote convincingly in favor of unionizing, will join local 19. Original

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By Dave Faries Verified
| Monterey County Now Verified
Pebble Beach caddies employed by Caddiemaster agreed to unionize by a sizeable margin. In a vote held under National Labor Relations Board oversight on June 18, 76 percent of caddies approved joining Unite Here Local 19. It is perhaps the first time caddies at public courses have banded together for collective bargaining. "I think it's a win for caddies across the country," says Danton McMullin, a Pebble Beach caddie who had been supportive of the measure.
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Many caddies at Pebble Beach signal that they want a say in their job.

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By Dave Faries Verified
| Monterey County Now Verified
Dave Faries here, noting that the university golf course I played in my teens did not have caddies. Nor are caddies available at the course in Missouri where my mother lives. My woeful 106 a few months ago at Bayonet and Blackhorse was witnessed only by the others in my chortling foursome. I can continue. When I visited the Old Course at St. Andrews, it was a blustery November. No caddie was foolish enough to hang out hoping to walk a loop. We pretty much had the course to ourselves.
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Several longtime culinary veterans are stepping down. But the new wave also brings experience.

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By Dave Faries Verified
| Monterey County Now Verified
There is an amiable chuckle as Chef Carl Ashurst ponders a changing of the guard in Monterey County kitchens. The person replacing him in the kitchen of Jacks Monterey and Peter B’s at the Portola Hotel & Spa, after all, is a relative rookie—just 27 years of experience. “That’s OK,” Ashurst says after a moment.
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