The lengthy NLRB election procedure gives employers lots of time to harass workers. They often receive veiled threats of demotion or lousy job assignments or are badgered by supervisors who even are followed to the restroom by their supervisors. Studies have shown that 78% of private-sector employers require supervisors deliver anti-union messages to workers they oversee (Why won't workers join unions, 2009).
If the employees of Wegmans would choose to form a union it would affect more than just the employees and the store, it would affect all the stakeholders. These key stakeholders would include the customers and the community along with the employees and administrators. The formation of a union most always involves a long drawn out battle between both sides which end up not being any good for the customers or the community in which the union is trying to be formed. Customers end up taking sides between the employees and the store. This may have long-term affects in that the store may end up loosing business which would not be good for the community as a whole.
Wegmans has been involved in lawsuits in regards to issues surrounding a union. In 2007, there was a complaint filed by Edwin R. Melhorn that he was unlawfully terminated by Wegmans because he engaged in concerted activity protected by the National Labors Relations Act and because it mistakenly believed that he was involved in activity in support of a union. It also alleges that Melhorn was unlawfully interrogated by supervisors concerning his union and protected concerted activities. This case was ultimately dismissed because it was not found that Melhorn did engage in any union or concerted activity protected by the Act. The evidence failed to establish that Wegmans had...
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