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Article: Arizona U.S. Foodservice Workers Win Teamster Representation.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- June 9, 2009
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Workers at U.S. Foodservice in Phoenix have won union representation with Teamsters Local 104 after a year-long fight to claim their rights under U.S. labor laws following a settlement handed down by the National Labor Relations Board (see also International Brotherhood of Teamsters).
The settlement includes union recognition for the 250 workers as well as reinstatement and back pay for employees terminated during the organizing efforts. Region 28 of the NLRB had cited U.S. Foodservice for violating the law almost 200 times during the workers' organizing effort. The worker committee will now bargain for its first contract with U.S. Foodservice.
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