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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Workers On the picket line: Boycott Boston Market
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Workers On the picket line: Boycott Boston Market
Auto Workers Region 9A took its boycott of Boston Market to Manhattan's 23rd Street on Feb. 14. The union set up an informational picket line at a branch of the restaurant chain to educate people about its three-year campaign to organize Chef Solutions, a 170-worker bakery in North Haven, Conn. Boston Market is one of the bakery's customers. Lufthansa Airline, the bakery's parent company, is also included in the boycott.
Chef Solutions' labor history stinks. A National Labor Relations Board investigation found that bakery officials forced several women workers to have sex with them, made death threats against a worker if he testified at a labor hearing, and fired two workers illegally. The board found that Chef Solutions had racked up more than 20 unfair labor practices. In a recent settlement with the Labor Board the company promised not to engage in further anti-union activities. Meanwhile, the organizing drive continues.
Unionize Chef Solutions! Boycott Boston Market!
(this was reported World March 4, 2004)
Palema
6:12 AM
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