Hanover Co-op Settles With Labor Board and Union
Lebanon — The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society has made a no-fault settlement with the National Labor Relations Board and the Massachusetts-based UFCW 1459 over a charge that the Co-op impeded workers’ efforts to unionize at the Lebanon Food Store. The resolution, dated Sept. 17, calls for changes to employee policies and the erasure of disciplinary marks against employees who supported a push to organize. The move to form a union...
People in Business: June 21, 2015
William Hall, of Bethel, was elected to the executive board of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada at the organization’s 109th annual conference in Philadelphia. Hall, a certified public finance officer, is the interim director of statewide reporting for the state of Vermont, and is senior financial consultant for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. He previously served as finance director...
Judge Rejects Dairy Settlement
Montpelier — A judge has rejected a proposed settlement between Northeastern U.S. farmers and the Dairy Farmers of America over an alleged effort to drive down prices paid to farmers. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss opposed the $50 million settlement after objections by some farmers who said the payments would be insufficient and the settlement would not address the alleged wrongdoing. They also said some farmers’ lawyers...
