Denver Post, July 19, 2011, Tuesday

Denver Post

July 19, 2011, Tuesday

Denver Post (full article)

Statement by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Regarding the Proposed NLRB Rule to Modernize the Union Election Process

“This fact is supported by a recent study by Professors Kate Bronfenbrenner of Cornell and Dorian Warren of Columbia, both of whom will address this panel later today. Their research shows that 'Thirty-one percent of serious [unfair labor practice] violations occurred 30 days before the petition was filed and 47 percent of all serious allegations occurred before the petition was filed.' The data support their conclusion that employer 'opposition starts long before the filing of the petition.' UFCW organizers have long known and experienced this first-hand many times.