21 Jun VIDEO: Union members rally in support of Panera Bread bakers during Friday protest
Posted at 22:10h
in Activism, Corporate Greed, Give Us 5, National Labor Relations, Panera Union YES, Political Action
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Union members gathered to protest outside the Panera Bread location on West Main in Kalamazoo Friday.
Many Panera workers in Michigan voted over a year ago to form a collective bargaining unit as a part of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, but Battle Creek Panera baker Kathleen Von Eitzen says the franchise owner is refusing to recognize them. Former employee Kyle Schilling says he was fired after refusing to sign a disciplinary write-up without being provided union representation in the matter…