Ben & Jerry’s scoopers take key step to form company’s first union

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Ben & Jerry’s workers at the company’s flagship ice cream shop in Burlington, Vt., are filing for a union election on Monday, adding momentum to a string of service-industry campaigns at high-profile companies such as Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and Apple.

If the workers vote to unionize, they will be the first among Ben & Jerry’s U.S. locations to do so. The company, started by two former hippies, has built a reputation on serving up zany ice cream flavors like Half Baked and Cherry Garcia while unapologetically supporting social justice causes.

Union leaders said their primary motivation is to have a seat at the table with management. Also at issue is management’s handling of multiple instances of drug use in the store bathroom, including an overdose last summer, as well as adding job duties without increasing pay, workers say. For its part, Ben & Jerry’s has not yet made its stance known on the new campaign at its flagship store, but in 1998, ita unionization attempt led by its plant maintenance workers in Vermont that ultimately failed.

Mendelsohn, a chemistry and English double major at the university, said she signed up to work for Ben & Jerry’s because of its commitment to social issues, such as defending Black Lives Matter and environmental justice. When the ice cream maker sued its parent company, Unilever, last year to“In the grand scheme of things, my employer is working toward something bigger,” Mendelsohn said. “And I see such a potential for a union for employees and staff.

 

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Most of the time unions breed laziness.

could not have happened to a nicer company

Don't you love it when the left eats their own!

Fun while it lasted

Now this is delicious……

Unions will destroy the American capital system. Might as well invite Commie Chinese into the US government.

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Has the Pentagon lost its ability to guide extra-strategic decisions to the POTUS on duty, by not having guided President Biden not to support the election of Lula da Silva for President of Brazil, knowing that he would hand over Brazil to Xi Jinping and the CCP like he just did?

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