Vote could resurrect workers union at Woodman’s
Workers at Woodman’s Food Market in Janesville will vote in December whether to recover union representation they lost earlier this year.
About 250 workers at the Janesville store are eligible to vote in the election scheduled for Dec. 11-12. The upcoming election is the result of a petition from the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473.
According to the petition filed with the National Labor Relations Board, a “substantial number” of employees wish to be represented for purposes of collective bargaining, and they want Local 1473 as their representative.
The union is familiar to Woodman’s employees; it represented the workers for decades—until earlier this year.
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Nov 20, 2009 at 9:36 p.m.
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If they want the union back, then let it be so. Everyone deserves a voice.
Nov 20, 2009 at 9:16 p.m.
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if you had to deal with phil woodman, you would want a union!
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:34 p.m.
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I think it's: some stores are and some aren't. (?)
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.
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Maybe they could take over the food drive?
Nov 20, 2009 at 9:39 a.m.
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Good point jabn418. Much like unions representing government employees.
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:59 a.m.
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don't they market themselbes as employee owned? then...why would you pay an union to fight against yourself?
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:39 a.m.
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Arent they based in Calif?
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:25 a.m.
Nov 20, 2009 at 7:59 a.m.
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The union did nothing for the employees when they were there before. What makes you think they would do any better now? Whenever anyone needed they help they would say, oh, I 'll check into it and then would never get back to the employee. They just sat there collecting their monthly dues. I hope all of you will think about this and remember the old ways the union did business. Did they help you when Woodmans cut your hours? Did they help the ones out that got fired? Just think about it.
Nov 20, 2009 at 6:49 a.m.
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for crying out loud...
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