On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 15 at 8:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

wsk said: "So, Phil can't win either way on this".

This could very well be the case.

whybesad wrote: "It seems to be dragging on more that it should."

The reason being a formal investigation by the National Labor Relations Board. This issue could be heading to federal court soon. Fred Grubb was on Woodman's payroll long before the union brought in their consultants.

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Posted on May 14 at 9:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Thank you sir! May I have another?

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 13 at 10:03 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Reply to wsk:

Subtantiated or not, thank you for the example. Just why the bitterness and overriding feeling set forth that the union must be punished? One can only suspect that members feel an eagerness to place blame, feel neglected, suspicious, or are just plain angry. I can sense, even on this board, an outlook that the union has failed to protect Woodman's workers from what they see as policies and tactics that are detrimental to their work environment and/or future employment. As a result, we now see the emergence of the blame game. The nature of dialogue that basically pits member vs. member, member vs. union, Woodman's vs. union. These are tried and true union busting tactics.

I would encourage all employees at Wood man's Food Market to evaluate their daily work environment and gather information that will help them make informed decisions. Hastily decertifying the union is much like cutting off your nose just to spite your own face. If decisions are not based in logic, and only on hear-say and anger, regrets are inevitable.

What will the grocery business lanscape look like 5, 10, 15 years from now? What will the labor market look like? Will people be willing to work for less money? Labor costs, health care costs, competition, economic woes, high priced consultants, all will affect business decisions down the road. Employees at Woodman's are used to success. However, people in business know it is day-to-day and there are no guarantees. The future is unforeseen and the way I see it, you must use precaution now to safeguard and protect your own investment.

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 12 at 10:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

@ Could we stop with all of the name calling. Aside from not being productive, it's like having the union reps back in our break room. Only the union representatives were calling the employees far worse names than ignorant.

Many will agree that few points are truly productive on this board, most are moot points, as in furthering no real discussion. Would you be so nice as to give us an example of this so called name calling by the union reps in the breakroom? Just to be fair, can anyone give an example of Woodman's management either denigrading, pressuring, forcing shame upon, or otherwise using unfair tactics on employees to force a decision on the future of the union at Woodman's Food Market?

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Posted on May 11 at 10:42 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Forget Del Taco, Janesville NEEDS a Jack-In-The-Box. Now that's tasty. NOT!!

On City wants Wal-Mart to fix drainage problem

Posted on May 11 at 10:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Walmart, the place so many love to hate. They sure do have the money making part figured out though. No matter if you shop at Walmart,Farm&Fleet, the Mall, K-mart, Target, Old Navy, wherever, you are buying goods most likely made in China, Malaysia, Lesotho, Vietman, Sri lanka, many others. Sadly, it has actually become difficult to shop American made only.

On Janesville boy dies in house fire

Posted on May 11 at 10:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I am praying for this family in this terrible time of grief. Stay strong. So sorry to hear about the loss of your son.

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 11 at 10:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

No need to worry Woodman's employees. Union or non-union, Phil Woodman will keep trashing the work environment by cutting even more help, chronically mess with and alter your schedule until you're not even sure of your real position, continually make excuses for things that should have an easy fix, install hundreds of cameras to watch your every movement, hold you to rigid checker standards on sub-par equipment, and last but not least make you work harder because your corporate culture is based on FEAR. How nice, doesn't that make you feel better?

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Posted on May 10 at 12:10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Roll by my hisnatch and smoke a B bra, we got the sticky ickey up in this joint fo sho!

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 9 at 5:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

PART THREE:

Approximately one month later, these same “operatives” started to present a new petition with the goal of ridding Woodman’s of union representation. If the majority (51%) signed the petition, Woodman’s would no longer recognize the Union. The “operatives” set a tone that if an employee did not sign they were essentially against Woodman’s. Employees were repeatedly encouraged to sign the petition and if they did not agree, were made to feel shame as to why they were against Woodman’s and Phil Woodman (the one who enables them to make that $1 mil+ in deferred compensation). This, and other contributing factors, put internal pressure on the employee to conform or be seen as a less than ideal. Many who were once pro-union crossed over. Some caved from the pressure or bought into the anti-union rhetoric.

I cannot assert here that these so called “operatives” were coached, briefed, paid, or acted solely on their own behalf. One thing is abundantly clear and that is Phil Woodman initiated this process with the hiring of nationally renowned union avoidance expert Fred Grubb. Never forget that Phil Woodman is a business man first and foremost.