Employees fire back at Giant Eagle over labor charge against union
The National Labor Relations Board will review an unfair labor practice complaint over an issue at a Giant Eagle grocery store -- a complaint filed by the employer against their workers' union.
"Giant Eagle, stop suing your family," said employee Stephanie Fello, a part-time cook, while those attending a small rally outside the South Side store cheered Tuesday.
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 23 say nine part-time food employees used Giant Eagle's open-door policy to ask a manager at the store to add two full-time positions. They said Giant Eagle added the jobs, but then filed a federal labor charge against the union, alleging they had circumvented grievance procedures.
Giant Eagle said it cannot comment on specifics of pending litigation. An emailed statement said, "We can clarify that Giant Eagle has taken no legal action against its individual team members and that the company has not taken any disciplinary action against the team members involved. The referenced charges have been filed against the union in response to our concerns of improper actions taken by the union."
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