Mountaire lawsuit settled, petitioners upset over results
SELBYVILLE Del. – It appears at least one part of the battle between a the workers union and some Mountaire employees is over. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 27 applauded a new ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, which reverses an earlier one now allowing for the union to stay.
According to UFCW Local 27 President Jason Chorpenning, this ruling protects the union rights of essential workers on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic. According to the board’s decision, the group’s efforts to make a vote to remove the union, was outside of the window which allows them to do so. Therefore, there can be no vote, and the union will stay.
However, the group that pushed to have the ability to vote against the union says they’re upset at the outcome and believe this decision does not represent democracy and their right to vote to make a change. “A government agency is now destroying the ballots of 800 employees all to benefit union officials who just want to stay in power, even if the majority of those employees don’t want them anymore,” says staff attorney with the National Right to Work legal defense team, Glenn Taubman.
Taubman also tells 47 ABC, the labor law should be reformed so employees can have a voice in big companies and unions. If you want to learn more about the case, you can check out our previous coverage if you click the links below.
