Trader Joe's Illegally Retaliated Against Pro-Union Workers: Federal Officials

[Omaha Steve]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trader-joes-union-retaliation_n_64a9bfeee4b0e5efaadc32b8

Prosecutors said the grocer spread “false and misleading information” about the union and punished workers for trying to wear union pins.

By Dave Jamieson
Jul 8, 2023, 04:53 PM EDT

Prosecutors at the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Trader Joe’s on Friday, accusing the grocer of retaliating against pro-union workers and making illegal threats.

In the filing, a regional director for the federal labor board said that managers at a Massachusetts store punished workers who tried to wear union pins by ending their shifts, and told them they would lose out on raises and see their working conditions worsen if they unionized. The managers also provided “false and misleading information” about the union to workers, the complaint states.

Trader Joe’s did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

The alleged legal violations occurred at the company’s store in Hadley, Massachusetts, which became the California-based chain’s very first to unionize in a 45-31 vote last year — part of a burst of organizing at big-name U.S. companies including Starbucks and Amazon. Three other Trader Joe’s stores have since unionized in Minnesota, California and Kentucky, though the company has challenged the results of the Kentucky union election.

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Trader Joe's United has unionized four stores since last year.JOHN GREIM VIA GETTY IMAGES

[GPV]

1. Not cool, TJ's!