World’s largest rose grower breaks ground on new $5 million, 150-job rose packing plant & signs new UFW contract

 Bear Creek Production Co., the world’s biggest rose producer, will break ground on a new $5 million rose packing plant that is creating more than 150 jobs in Kern County and sign a new three-year contract with the United Farm Workers during a ceremony Friday in Wasco.

Bear Creek will be moving its Redi-Plant7 rose packing operation from company headquarters in Medford, Oregon to Wasco, Calif. where 1,400 rose workers have been represented by the UFW since 1996.

Who: Bear Creek Production Co. President & CEO Bill Williams, United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez, Kern County Supervisor Ken Peterson, Bear Creek workers and guests.

WHAT: Ceremony marking ground breaking for a new $5 million, 150-job rose packing plant and formal signing of a new three-year contract between Bear Creek and the UFW, plus remarks.

When: 10:15 a.m., Friday, August 21, 1998.

Where: Bear Creek Production Co., 29341 Kimberlina Rd., Wasco (From Bakersfield: 99 N, Kimberlina exit, go west on Kimberlina 7 miles, on south side; call 805-758-7500 for further details).

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