The UFCW has convinced the NLRB to conduct a hearing on whether WM intimidated workers during the recent Loveland union vote:
After workers at the Wal-Mart Tire & Lube Express in Loveland rejected unionization 17-1 in a vote February 25, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said the union would ask the NLRB to dismiss the results. Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall had said no union member was allowed to observe the election and that Wal-Mart added employees to the unit to dilute the strength of the union supporters.This should be interesting."The claims made by the UFCW are simply not true, and we are confident that the (NLRB) regional office will find no evidence of these allegations," said Christi Davis Gallagher, a spokeswoman for Bentonville, AR-based Wal-Mart.
A hearing was scheduled for March 25 at the NLRB office in Denver.
"After a preliminary investigation I have concluded that the [union's] objections raise substantial and material issues of fact, including credibility resolutions, which can best be resolved at a hearing," NLRB regional director Allan Benson said.
Posted by Kevin on March, 17 2005 at 12:30 PM
