Byline: Becky Pallack
Jan. 3--The National Labor Relations Board has filed a formal complaint against Chandler-based Bashas' Inc., alleging the supermarket operator broke the law when it changed workers' health benefits without first consulting their union. According to the complaint issued Thursday, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 requested in May that Bashas' enter collective bargaining with the union about changes to the health-benefits program. But the company "failed and refused" to bargain and changed its benefits plan in June, according to the complaint. Statewide, Bashas' operates about 158 stores, including Bashas', Food City and A.J.'s Fine Foods, and employs about 14,500 workers. …
No comments:
Post a Comment