The primary union illustration election in Dealer Joe’s historical past will occur this month, as employees in Hadley, Massachusetts, vote on July 27 and 28. There are 81 employees within the retailer eligible to vote, in accordance with organizer Maeg Yosef.
“We’re simply actually thrilled to lastly have an election date and we’re actually excited to get the ultimate vote whole,” Yosef informed the Day by day Hampshire Gazette’s Brian Steele. “We’re feeling good proper now.”
Staff in a Minneapolis Dealer Joe’s additionally not too long ago introduced they’re organizing. However whereas the natural unfold of organizing is harking back to what’s been occurring at Starbucks, Dealer Joe’s response is, like Starbucks’, to have interaction in union-busting makes an attempt. The corporate fired a pro-union employee within the Minneapolis retailer. Dealer Joe’s can be mendacity, claiming the union effort is backed by Service Staff Worldwide Union (SEIU), however in actuality, it’s an unbiased union just like the one at Amazon.
