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Evidently they don't see the need for a union.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Workers at a Target Corp discount store in New York voted to reject union representation in a closely watched battle over unionization in the retail sector.

Workers at the Valley Stream, New York, store voted against union affiliation by a count of 137 to 85, Target said in a statement released Saturday. The vote was taken on Friday.

A union representative could not be reached for comment early Saturday.

Target employs thousands of workers at 27 stores in the New York City area. None of the Minneapolis-based company's 1,755 or so U.S. stores have union-represented employees.

Employees at the suburban store, located roughly 15 miles east of Manhattan, voted not to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500.

Target and the union had already filed unfair labor practice charges against each other with the National Labor Relations Board, according to a...See More
jacque/WA/K-1/nbct 2006 They must not realize that it is unions that keep their employers honoring no more than a 40 hour week, mandated breaks, no child-labor, etc.....

Some unions have gone overboard and that is a shame, but without them, I'm afraid we'll see an increase in the hours we work, working conditions, etc.

Got to be some happy medium...
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Jun 19, 2011
sci-saxet Yes, I find it surprising, particularly in the fact that NY is not a right-to-work state and unions are very common there.

On 6/19/11, jacque/WA/K-1/nbct 2006 wrote: > They must not realize that it is unions that keep their > employers honoring no more than a 40 hour week, mandated > breaks, no child-labor, etc..... > > Some...See More
Jun 20, 2011


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