Union files action against Woodman's

[Omaha Steve]

http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/apr/16/union-files-action-against-woodmans/

By JIM LEUTE ( Contact ) Wednesday, April 16, 2008

ANESVILLE — The union representing more than 900 employees at Woodman’s Food Markets in Janesville, Beloit and Madison has accused the chain’s management of improper involvement in an effort to get rid of the union.

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1473 has filed two separate charges of unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board in Milwaukee.

The filings come as the NLRB is trying to determine whether Woodman’s employees can vote on the future of their union.

Earlier this year, an employee at a Woodman’s store in Madison circulated a petition to decertify Local 1473 as the bargaining unit for the employees at the Janesville, Madison and Beloit stores. Weeks of testimony concluded in March, producing more than 3,400 pages of transcripts and hundreds of exhibits that the NLRB will consider before making a ruling on the election.

The central issue in the decertification case is who is and who is not a supervisor at Woodman’s and whether those people should have signed the petition that started the decertification process. Under NLRB rules, supervisors are not eligible to vote, sign or file petitions.

The NLRB could declare the petition invalid if the employees who started or signed the petitions are found to be supervisors. If the petition is found to be valid, a vote to decertify will follow.

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[GetTheRightVote]

1. I wish them luck in not losing their union, so many have under similar

methods, don't believe everything you hear from a corporation, always about profits, greed.