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The National Labor Relations Board found merit in the BCTGM's charges that Aspire Bakeries committed numerous labor law violations during an organizing campaign at the companyโ€™s Ontario, California bakery. As a result, the Labor Board has ordered a new union election for workers at Aspire. Not long after workers at the bakery approached BCTGM Local 37 (Los Angeles) organizers about joining the BCTGM, the company hired a high-priced union busting firm to put a stop to...

12 June, 2023

In March, three former employees of Mondelez at the Fairlawn, N.J. bakery (Local 719) received a monetary award totaling $2.3 million, resulting from a 2020 NLRB Decision finding that they were unlawfully suspended and terminated in retaliation for their Union support or otherwise engaging in protected concerted activities. The three workers were icing mixers and floor helpers at the plant and were active in Local 719 for many years prior to their unlawful discharges. Mondelez was ordered...

22 April, 2022

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects workers who advocate for improvements on the jobย or seek to organize a union, but it only extends those protections to workers classified as โ€œemployeesโ€ย under a very narrow definition of that term. Workers classified as โ€œindependent contractorsโ€ are not protected by the NLRA. Employers often misclassify their employees as independent contractors, thereby excluding theirย workforce from the NLRAโ€™s protections. This allows employers to ensure their workers will not comeย together to form...

18 March, 2021