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Food Co-op Workers in Pittsburgh Vote to Join UE

Some of the co-op workers celebrated in front of the store immediately after the vote count.
September 25, 2015
Pittsburgh

Workers at Pittsburgh's East End Food Co-op  voted overwhelmingly on September 14 to join UE. The vote in the NLRB-conducted election was 47 for UE, 4 for no union, and 1 for another union. 

After the vote the newest UE members gathered at a victory party to celebrate their accomplishment, and they now look forward to forming their own UE local union, electing a bargaining committee, and beginining negotiations for a contract to address issues such as wages, job security, and work schedules. UE Field Organizer George Waksmunski assisted the co-op workers organizing committee in their campaign.

Read a report on the union victory in Pittsburgh's City Paper [1]. 

Listen to an interview [2] with UE Field Organizer George Waksmunski about this organizing win on The Union Edge, a daily syndicated labor talk radio program produced in Pittsburgh. 


Links
[1] http://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2015/09/16/east-end-food-co-op-workers-vote-to-unionize [2] http://www.theunionedge.com/organizing-victory-for-a-co-op-grocery/

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