Union Vote Set For Lebanon Co-op Staff
Lebanon — Co-op employees at the Lebanon Food Store will vote this month on whether to organize under a Massachusetts-based union, capping a year-long controversy involving multiple labor disputes at the store. Of roughly 140 employees at the Lebanon location, about 110 will be eligible to vote to become members of a bargaining unit representing both part-time and full-time workers. On Monday, July 27, they will have two chances to...
Hanover Co-op Workers To Meet With Union
Hanover — After nearly a year of turmoil sparked by the unexplained firing of two longtime employees, a union representative has floated the possibility of unionizing workers at the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society, a matter he plans to visit town to discuss on Thursday. Union organizer Joel Nelson of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1459 announced the meeting in an email to Concerned About the Co-op, a...