Co-op union vote set (Aug. 23-24 under scrutiny by officials from the NLRB)

[Omaha Steve]

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By Sam Wheeler
Ashland Daily Tidings
Posted: 2:00 AM August 11, 2012

Concluding a nearly year-long dispute, Ashland Food Co-op employees will get the opportunity this month to vote on whether to unionize the store.

Employees are set to vote on Aug. 23 and 24, and the results will be available on the final day of the election, said National Labor Relations Board officials.

Employees will enter their secret-ballot votes in a designated "quiet room" at the co-op over the two-day voting process, which will be under scrutiny by officials from the NLRB, said Linda Davidson, its Portland-based officer in charge.

Co-op General Manager Richard Katz said he is disappointed that about a dozen of the co-op's staff, whose status the union deemed managerial, will be excluded from voting in the election, and the votes of six other assistant managers won't be considered unless the final tally is within six votes.

FULL story at link.