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...nearly ten years, there have been sporadic rumblings about unionizing at the Coop. But not until two summers ago did things really start to heat up. In August 1980, UFCW officials, with several Coop employees, quietly began a serious campaign to bring a union into the store, in order to represent the more than 500 non-managerial workers. The union cited poor wages and an unfair promotions policy as the primary grievances...
...effort was largely behind the scenes, until January 19, 1980, when the UFCW organizers announced that a majority of employees at all six Coop branches had signed authorization cards requesting union representation. Rather than go through months of litigation before the National Labor Relations Board over the petition, Coop management and union officials agreed to hold an election to determine whether the UFCW had the right to represent Coop workers. The two sides haggled over details, and a date was set: March...
...this is not to say that the store management was happy about the union. It wasn't, and it was prepared to fight it. Coop employees received a barrage of anti-union literature, and management vigorously--vociferously, say union organizers now--argued against the union in sessions with employees...
Their efforts seemed to pay off, because on the appointed date, Coop employees rejected the proposed union by a lopsided 273-156 margin...
...after a lengthy litigation period, administrative law judge Lowell Goerlich upheld a UFCW claim that the Coop management had engaged in a variety of unfair labor practices during the union campaign. In general, the judge found that several members of the Coop management had illegally coerced employees against the union. His opinion--throw out the old results and bring on a new election. As one union organizer puts it, "As far as the government is concerned, there never was an election...