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Mighty Wannabe <@.> wrote:
I'm a union asshole.
Home Depot workers in Philadelphia rejected the first store-wide
labor union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer
Saturday night, a loss for a fledgling movement to organize at
major U.S. companies.
Workers voted 165 to 51 against forming Home Depot Workers
United, which would have represented 274 employees at the store,
according to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversaw
the voting. The company and union organizations have five days
to file objections.
The defeat for the organizers could discourage activist workers
who have successfully formed the first unions at big chains,
including Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and Apple, but have
since suffered setbacks in getting collective bargaining off the
ground or organizing more unions.
The Atlanta-based company employs about 500,000 people at its
2,316 stores in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Vincent Quiles, the Home Depot employee leading the unionization
effort, told WHYY-FM that the attempt to organize workers had
been a “tall order.”
“It wouldn’t be an easy fight to have,” Quiles said. “But you do
these things because you believe them to be right.”
Quiles previously said discontent with compensation, working
conditions, understaffing and lack of training are among the
grievances that spurred the effort to organize.
After the failed union vote, Home Depot spokesperson Margaret
Smith told WHYY, “We’re happy that the associates at this store
voted to continue working directly with the company. That
connection is important to our culture, and we will continue
listening to our associates and making The Home Depot a great
place to work and grow.”
Quiles has filed a complaint of unfair labor practices with the
NRLB, alleging managers engaged in inappropriate surveillance
and interrogation tactics against union supporters. Quiles has
said managers followed him around the stores and tried to
disrupt any conversations he tried to have with co-workers, even
if it wasn’t about the union.
Instead, Quiles said he relied on TikTok videos, group text
messaging and e-mailing to campaign for the union.
Home Depot has denied the complaint’s allegations.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/06/home-depot-workers-in-philadelphia- overwhelmingly-reject-labor-union/
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