Page 3 - Reedley Exponent 9-20-18 E-edition

The Reedley Exponent A3 Thursday, September 20, 2018 Lights & Sirens
September 6-September 12
Thursday, September 6
• Vehicle burglary, 1900 block of East Cherry Avenue, 5:30 a.m.
• Petty theft, 1300 block of East Manning Avenue, 11:08 a.m.
• Hit and run, 800 block of G Street, 4:11 p.m.
• Wanted felon/arrest, West North Avenue and North Reed Avenue, 11:04 p.m.
• Shots fired, 300 block of South Hemlock Avenue, 11:11 p.m.
• Prowler, 1100 block of East Early Avenue, 11:13 p.m.
Friday, September 7
• Vehicle burglary report, 600 block of North Haney Avenue, 1:26 p.m.
• Misdemeanor wanted/ar- rest, 100 block of West Di- nuba Avenue, 8:57 a.m.
• Petty theft, 800 block of G Street, 4 p.m.
• Vehicle burglary, 1500 block of North Hope Avenue, 4:29 p.m.
• Suspicious person, East South Avenue and North Sunny Avenue, 5:05 p.m.
• Narcotics violation, 300 block of West Olson Avenue, 8:21 p.m.
• Aggravated assault, 1600 block of North Thompson Avenue, 10:13 p.m.
Saturday, September 8
• Hit and run, 700 block of West Kip Patrick Drive, 5:03 a.m.
GERAWAN Continued from page A1
“Our employees have been waiting since November 2013 for their votes to be counted,” Gerawan said in a Sept. 18 news statement. “After a historic strug- gle, they achieved that right, in spite of the efforts by the UFW and the millions of taxpayer dollars spent by the Agri- cultural Labor Relations Board to deny them that right.”
The state labor relations board had declined to count the ballots from the 2013 election, questioning the true sen- timents of Gerawan workers who voted on the issue.
Marc Grossman, a spokesman for UFW, said the issue remains in doubt despite the court’s Sept. 12 ruling.
“The Agricultural Labor Relations Board still has to consider whether a free and fair choice was prevented by all the illegal conduct by the company documented in the 82-page decision by the full ALRB board in 2016, and the earlier 192-page decision by the state administrative judge,” he said.
The California Supreme Court upheld the board’s MMC process, denying Ger- awan’s legal claim that mandatory media-
Juanita Adame / The Exponent
The bicycle ridden by Reedley resident Ralph Rodriguez is crumpled on the pavement after he was hit by a truck on Manning Avenue just east of the train tracks on Sept. 12. Rodriguez suffered head injuries in the crash and was transported to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
Man on bike struck by truck
SHERFIELD Continued from pagA2
Fresno and Orange County of- fices.
Paul Quiring praised Sher- field, saying “his team-first approach, values and strong leadership skills are an asset to the continued growth of Quiring.”
Founded in 1947 in Reed-
ley, Quiring General is recog- nized throughout California as a leading builder of demand- ing projects. They focus on commercial construction, particularly medical, senior living, multi-family, retail, and mixed-use projects.
Quiring General built the Paseo 55 affordable housing project in downtown Reedley. The facility opened in Decem-
ber 2017.
On Jan. 13, the Reedley
City Council issued a special proclamation recognizing the company’s 70th anniversary
in 2017. At that meeting, the company presented the Reed- ley Historical Society with a $5,000 check to use for spe- cial projects.
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• Vehicle burglary, 200 block of East Linden Avenue, 7:58 a.m.
• Missing person/arrest, 1300 block of East Manning Ave- nue, 6:42 p.m.
• DUI arrest, South Avenue and Buttonwillow Avenue, 11:07 p.m.
Sunday, September 9
• DUI arrest, North Acacia Avenue and West Myrtle Av- enue, 12:48 a.m.
• Aggravated assault, 500 block of I Street, 3:32 a.m.
• Shots fired, 1600 block of South Blossom Drive, 10:41 a.m.
• Shots fired, South Haney Avenue and East Springfield Avenue, 12:05 p.m.
• Vehicle theft, 800 block of North Reed Avenue, 2:01 p.m. • Grand theft, 1600 block of South Riverview Avenue, 8:01 p.m.
Monday, September 10
• Narcotics violation, 1100 block of West Olson Avenue, 12:58 a.m.
• Sex offense report, 800 block of G Street, 9 a.m.
• Hit and run, 900 block of Manning Avenue, 9:15 a.m.
• Stolen vehicle recovery, Kings River Road n/o Olson Avenue, 9:23 a.m.
• Misdemeanor wanted/ar- rest, 1200 block of F Street, 5:07 p.m.
• Missing person, 1100 block of South I Street, 8:48 p.m.
• Armed robbery, 800 block of J Street, 9:12 p.m.
Tuesday, September 11
• Vehicle theft, 1500 block of East Springfield Avenue, 5:27 a.m.
• Vehicle burglary, 1300 block of E Street, 7:44 a.m.
• Sex offense, 700 block of North Avenue, 8:49 a.m.
• Vehicle theft, 100 block of South Haney Avenue, 11:40 a.m.
• Shots fired, West Eymann Avenue and South Reed Av- enue, 10:10 p.m.
• DUI arrest, West Dinuba Avenue and South Frank- wood Avenue, 10:43 p.m.
Wednesday, September 12
• Vehicle pursuit/arrest, Mountain View Avenue and Reed Avenue, 12:21 a.m.
• Domestic violence arrest, 800 block of G Street, 11:26 a.m.
• Battery, 800 block of East 11th Street, 12:07 p.m.
• Residential burglary, 1500 block of North Hope Avenue, 2:30 p.m.
• Injury traffic accident, Man- ning and I Street, 3:11 p.m.
• Narcotics violation, 200 block of North East Avenue, 3:35 p.m.
• Hit and run, 1500 block of North Haney Avenue, 10:11 p.m.
(Crime reports are listed from the Reedley Police De- partment incident log.)
tion and conciliation was unconstitutional. The UFW said after the ruling that the grower should pay more than $10 million that the union said the company owes its employees through the 2013 ruling.
But in the Sept. 12 decision, the state’s high court called the labor rela- tion board’s approach “fatally inconsis- tent” with the Agricultural Labor Re- lations Act “because it fails to accord sufficient value, weight and important to the employees’ fundamental right to choose via secret ballot election. In- deed, it virtually ignores that right.”
Gerawan — the largest tree fruit grower in California with thousands of direct-hire employees — has a history with the United Farm Workers going back to 1990. In a secret election that year, Gerawan employees voted to be represented by the UFW. After rejecting Gerawan’s challenges to the election, the ALRB certified the UFW as exclusive bargaining representative in July 1992.
The two sides began negotiations in November 1994 and held at least one negotiation session but did not reach a contract agreement.
It was at that point that Gerawan said that the UFW never contacted the company to begin future negotiations
for a contract. The two sides had no formal contact until October 2012 when the UFW made a renewed demand to bargain. According to court records, Gerawan asked the UFW to explain its absence between early 1995 and 2012 but the union refused.
More than 10 bargaining sessions took place in early 2013, but the two sides couldn’t agree on a contract. In March 2013, the union filed a declaration with the ALRB requesting mandatory mediation and conciliation. Gerawan op- posed the request, claiming the statutory prerequisites had not been met and that the UFW had abandoned its status as the bargaining representative.
Later that year, the board denied Gerawan’s opposition and referred the parties to MMC. The board instituted a mandatory contract between the par- ties, prompting a Gerawan appeal and the decertification election.
In the news statement, Gerawan said the 2013 vote left no doubt what his employees wanted.
“It is a ringing endorsement of their right to choose, and a repudiation of concerted, unlawful, and anti-demo- cratic efforts to deny them that right,” he said.
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Staff Report
A 59-year-old Reedley man suffered head injuries when the bicycle he was rid- ing was struck by a truck Sept. 12 while crossing Manning Avenue.
Ralph Rodriguez was transported to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, where he initially was listed in critical-but-stable condition.
In a Sept. 18 comment to The Exponent’s Facebook page post on the accident, Rita Mae Rodriguez said her father was going
to pull through.
“My dad’s getting better,” she posted.
“One day at a time, God’s covering him.” Rodriguez was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a pickup truck just east of the Manning intersection near I Street in Reedley. The accident happened sometime after 3 p.m. next to the railroad tracks in
the westbound lane of Manning Avenue. The crosswalk area at the accident scene features flashing ground lights that alerrtas motorists when the pedestrian pushes the
button to activate the lights.
Police arrest DUI suspect after brief pursuit
Staff Report
Reedley police arrested a 29-year-old Reedley man on suspicion of driving under the influence and evasion on Sept. 12 after he sped away during an attempted traffic stop and led a brief pursuit into Tulare County.
Police attempted to stop the vehicle Jony Aguilera was driving at the intersection of Reed and Olson shortly after midnight, according to po-
lice Sgt. Bryan Pelayo, but Aguilera didn’t stop and sped south on Reed Avenue.
Police pursued Aguilera to Avenue 416 (Mountain View Avenue), where he turned west. The chase briefly reached speeds of about 110 miles per hour, before Agu- ilera slowed to turned south onto Road 38. He lost control, struck a guardrail and went down a partial embankment before comment to a stop.
Pelayo said police initially suspected that Aguilera was driving a stolen car, but that wasn’t the case. In addition to the DUI and evasion charges, Aguilera also was charged with driving on a suspended license. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail.
It also turned out to be a busy weekend for DUI cita- tions for police. Five arrests were made, two on Sept. 15 and three more on Sept. 16.
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