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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW — 03/05/10

NLRB seeks injunctive relief requiring Deb-El Food Products bargain with union

The NLRB filed a petition March 3, 2010, against Deb-El Food Products seeking a court order to force the New York egg processor to rehire seven fired employees who were union supporters and to require the employer to begin contract negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers union. The NLRB claims the “employer’s agents allegedly engaged in a sustained effort to discourage union support, threatening employees with dismissal and loss of benefits, telling them a union vote would be futile, and asking employees to sign an anti-union petition.” Although a majority of employees cast ballots against the union, the NLRB found that pre-election actions taken by the employer made a legitimate vote “impossible, even if rerun,” which is why the NLRB seeks injunctive relief requiring the employer to bargain with the union. The petition for injunctive relief was filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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