NLRB Files Complaint Against Socialist-Themed Vegan Meat Company That Fired Union Organizers [View all]

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Source: Vice

The National Labor Review Board found merit that No Evil Foods illegally terminated the two union organizers, and issued a complaint on Wednesday alleging the company violated the law by firing employees because they "assisted a union."

By Lauren Kaori Gurley

Earlier this year, the vegan meat company No Evil Foods—which sells socialist-branded products at 5,500 grocery stores nationwide, including Whole Foods—fired two production workers at its Weaverville, North Carolina production plant who led a union drive at the company and circulated a petition asking for hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The workers say the company told them they were being terminated for violating social distancing and dress code policies.

This week, the National Labor Review Board (NLRB) found merit that the company illegally terminated the two workers, an NLRB spokesperson confirmed to Motherboard. According to a federal complaint issued Wednesday and obtained by Motherboard, the company violated the law by firing workers because they "assisted a union" and "circulat[ed] a petition seeking hazard pay...for the purposes of mutual aid and protection."

Under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, it is illegal for employers to discriminate or retaliate against workers for organizing coworkers to improve their working conditions or for attempting to form unions.


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