Co-op Staff Votes Down Labor Union
Lebanon — Workers at the Lebanon Co-op Food Store on Monday voted, 70-31, against organizing under a Massachusetts-based union, a n election brought on by a year’s worth of turmoil surrounding the firings of two employees. Of about 140 workers at the store , 122 full- and part-time personnel were eligible to vote, and 113 ballots were cast. “ (I’m) elated — we can be a family again,” Jayne Baker, a cashier at the Lebanon store, said...
Brattleboro Co-op Moving on From Unionization Fallout
Brattleboro, Vt. — When the Brattleboro Food Co-op in southeastern Vermont’s largest town moved from its old Eisenhower-era shoebox of a building to a new $9 million, four-story block in 2012, everyone noticed the difference. But when co-op workers voted to join a union the same year? Customers didn’t see any changes. “Just a couple of days ago, someone said, ‘Are you going to unionize soon?’ ” said Greg Howe, a 16-year veteran of the...
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...
Europe Urges Greece Remain in Eurozone
Athens, Greece — Anxious pensioners swarmed closed bank branches Monday and long lines snaked outside ATMs as Greeks endured the first day of serious controls on their daily economic lives ahead of a referendum that could determine whether the country has to ditch the euro currency and return to the drachma. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was defiant, urging voters to reject creditors’ demands, insisting a “No” vote in Sunday’s...
Greece Will Hold Pivotal Vote
Athens, Greece — Greece’s parliament voted early today in favor of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ motion to hold a July 5 referendum on creditor proposals for reforms in exchange for loans, with the country’s future in the eurozone looking increasingly shaky. Tsipras’ surprise call stunned Greece’s international debt negotiators, and the country took a big step closer to falling out of the euro currency union after fellow eurozone...
