Employees at Iowa Metropolis, Coralville Bruegger’s Bagels websites picket over unionization try
Employees from Bruegger’s Bagels’ Iowa Metropolis location protested Saturday, making an attempt to get the franchise to acknowledge “Bruegger’s Employees United,” the primary union fashioned inside Bruegger’s nationwide.
“What we actually wished to do with this picket was get group help in order that the folks on the union really feel extra snug talking out and displaying their faces to administration as people who find themselves wanting change,” mentioned Juniper Hollis, a former employee at Bruegger’s Coralville location.
Thanks to everybody who confirmed up and who honked for Bruegger’s Employees United this morning. @Brueggers, take heed to the group! We’re right here, and we’re not going away! pic.twitter.com/muwKwChwnq
— Bruegger’s Employees United (@BrueggersWU) June 15, 2024
About 10 staff from each areas confirmed as much as the picket outdoors the Iowa Metropolis location at 708 S. Riverside Drive, holding indicators that mentioned “Honk when you hate union busting” and “Bruegger’s Employees United.”
“What’s occurring is just not proper,” Hollis mentioned. “Not solely is it unlawful, however it’s unethical, and it is one thing that we’re right here to combat in opposition to.”
Employees from two Bruegger’s areas in Iowa, one in Coralville and one in Iowa Metropolis, introduced their intention to type an unbiased union on Could 29. Simply days later, on Could 31, the franchise introduced it could shut a kind of two shops.
The Coralville location was the shop that closed its doorways, Hollis mentioned. Employees allege it was retaliatory for the union formation announcement.
“After we introduced that we had been attempting to begin a union, they fired the employees at that location,” Hollis mentioned. “Nearly all these staff had signed one thing saying that they had been pro-union, so it was fairly apparent that that was the explanation for terminating all these positions.”
Based on a launch from Bruegger’s Employees United, the union has filed unfair labor apply expenses in opposition to retailer administration.
Kyle Werner is a reporter for the Register. Attain him at kwerner@dmreg.com.
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