After what they said were repeated problems with their pay and working conditions, employees at a Madison apparel and screen printing business sent the owner a petition last week describing their frustration. They wanted a meeting at which they could discuss complaints that they said included missed payroll, stifling hot work rooms and a lack of safety equipment.
Workers described the owner as someone who yelled at employees and ignored their requests in the past. “We had the hope that the owner would change his attitude,” said one, who asked not to be named.
But after the group presented the petition on Friday, the business owner told a worker advocate helping them that he wouldn’t meet with them because the document was filled with lies. If they didn’t recant he would consider them as having resigned, he said.
On Monday, workers say they were denied entry and told they were on unpaid leave until they took their names off the petition.
Now, the employees — even though they don’t belong to a union and aren’t organizing one — have charged the business with violating their rights as workers in a filing with the National Labor Relations Board.
The workers involved are employed at Crushin’ It Apparel, located on the far southeast edge of Madison. All are Spanish-speaking immigrants; they number fewer than a dozen and represent just a portion of the company’s staff.
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