Posts tagged wrongfully fired
Dollar General violated worker rights and federal law amid union efforts in Connecticut
July 21, 2023 // In Monday's decision, Amchan said that Dolgen should be required to cease-and-desist from any discriminatory action against employees for engaging in union activity, company surveillance and other efforts aimed at discouraging labor organizing. The judge also ordered that the company offer the fired worker reinstatement and send notices that alert U.S. employees of the labor law violations and their rights.
Workers rally to shine spotlight on ‘union-busting’ efforts at Orchard Park animal hospital
March 7, 2023 // Workers at a local animal hospital are looking to shine a spotlight on what they are calling “union busting” efforts there. Workers at the Orchard Park Veterinary Medical Center voted to unionize last year, amid worker shortages. As of this time last year, the American Animal Hospital Association reported, there were about $118,000 veterinary technicians in the U.S., at the end of 2019. About two-thirds of those vet techs are not credentialed and by the year 2030.
D.C.’s Union Kitchen Slapped With 26 Counts Of Labor Law Violation
November 10, 2022 // In its ruling, the NLRB orders Union Kitchen to reinstate the wrongfully fired employees, provide backpay, and that Union Kitchen owner Cullen Gilchrist must publicly apologize to employees at a “meeting or meetings scheduled to ensure the widest possible attendance.” Union Kitchen, represented in the NLRB complaint by Gilchrist, is required to respond to the board by Nov. 18. A hearing has been set for February 13, 2023, where Gilchrist will have an opportunity to testify against the allegations before an administrative law judge with NLRB. The judge will then determine whether to issue the remedies called for in the formal complaint. Gilchrist did not immediately return DCist/WAMU’s request for comment.