This is how nasty it does get... and to think, the gall of elected officials in Tennessee and South Carolina who want to step into the ring and insert their noses in this stuff? Id say they should back out if they know whats good for them. During the two-day election last week, the company deployed a goon squad of supervisors and lead workers to intimidate workers and restrict their movement during the voting period. The company stationed armed guards in full view of workers who were voting and called police who parked their squad cars in front of the facilities, adding to the climate of fear during the election. Meanwhile, company goons spat on union t-shirts, yelling obscenities and threats at union organizers and workers. One report claims a plant manager called terminated pro-union workers telling them they would be rehired if they came in and voted no against the union. Other reports suggest that workers were sent to vote twice under different names or to vote for workers on vacation. This extreme hostility by the company and its likely violations of the law forced the NLRB to intervene as final ballots were being cast on Friday evening. The Board removed ballots to a more secure location at its offices in Oakland while it investigates the company’s unlawful conduct. “During the election days and before, the company had committed such serious violations of the law and the election process that immediate action was needed to safeguard the ballots,” Teamsters Local 601 President Ashley Alvarado said in a statement to workers. “This is a positive development. It means the Board will immediately begin to review the violations. In addition, the Board is at the end of its review of the charges that have been filed prior to the election. The Board has the power to ensure that justice prevails and order the company to bargain in good faith with your union.”
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:43:26 +0000
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