Feds force El Super to rehire fired union supporter

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Press-Telegram

A Paramount-based supermarket chain was ordered to remedy alleged violations of workers’ rights, including the reinstatement of a fired union supporter, under a court order sought by the National Labor Relations Board and announced Friday.

An NLRB complaint filed in April against the El Super chain accused the company of “interfering with, restraining and coercing” its employees from working toward a contract with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 — including the suspension and termination of cashier/shop steward Fermin Rodriguez.

An El Super representative could not immediately be reached for comment.

U.S. District Judge George H. King issued the injunction Thursday in Los Angeles.

FULL story at link.


Shoppers leave the El Super market in Paramount, CA on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Employees of the store are looking into unionizing. (Scott Varley / Staff Photographer)

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[Jack Rabbit]

1. It looks like the good guys won one

[Scruffy1]

2. This is god news-but.....

As long as businesses are able to break the law without any real penalties, this will continue. For most of the workers have worked with on organizing campaigns, missing a paycheck is a disaster. Sometimes the process can take years, meanwhile the tactic has been effective in silencing other workers. This will continue until there are real penalties for breaking the law.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Obama never really fought for EFCA

EFCA info: http://civilrights.org/workers/efca

It took 3.5 years to settle my NLRB case in the 80's at the US Court of Appeals. Now some small cases are over 10 years.

My case PDF: http://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d45800b8166