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Workers Independent NewsMinneapolis Jimmy Johns workers will get another chance at electing to join the IWW after losing by two votes in an election nullified because the company violated labor law. Jesse Russell reports.
An attempt to organize workers nearly 200 workers for Jimmy John’s sandwich shops in Minneapolis has been anything but “freakishly fast.” The Industrial Workers of the World won the right for a union election on October 22 and lost by a vote of 87-85. However, the IWW alleged to the National Labor Relations Board that the company had engaged in unlawful union busting tactics. The union alleged that Jimmy Johns threatened to freeze wages, and to retaliate against union supporters. On January 10 the NLRB ruled in favor of the union and nullified the election. After 60 days the IWW will be allowed to file for a new election. As the union works toward a new election workers are asking the company’s owners to look at what they call the “10-Point Program for Justice at Jimmy Johns.” The plan includes time-and-a-half for working between midnight and 6 a.m., one paid sick day per month, maternity and paternity leave, half-hour lunch breaks when more than six hours are worked at a time, and other demands.
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