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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Saturday, January 03, 2004 ::

    Mastering the craft By Rick Desloge, St. Louis Business Journal
    Michael Winters, president of Mid-America Mastercraft Inc., not only encouraged his workers to unionize, but used it to double revenue at his woodworking business.

    "We were already paying most of our employees above union scale anyway," Winters said.
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