Managers at certain Trader Joe’s stores are pushing part-time employees to work a minimum of three days per week in a move that’s generated worker allegations of anti-union animus.
Since last fall, local store managers have been asking part-time workers to take on more hours as part of an effort to address hiring issues and ensure everyone is more engaged on the job, employees told Bloomberg Law. But some workers say it’s not a coincidence that the policy, which is being rolled out unofficially, comes amid growing unionization efforts.
The policy was crafted, at least in part, to target pro-union workers by discouraging them from continuing their employment with the grocery chain, the workers say.
“It is really a move to replace us and move people out by saying, ‘Hey, if you don’t want to work and have your schedule completely open, you can’t work here,’” said Sara Beth Ryther, an employee and union organizer at a Trader Joe’s in downtown Minneapolis.
The three-day minimum is especially “oppressive” for part-time workers with families that lack child care, Ryther said.
The new policy effectively ends the flexible schedules that part-time employees have used to attend school, take care of their family, or work full-time jobs outside the company, said Maeg Yosef, a longtime worker and union organizer at a Trader Joe’s store in Hadley, Mass.
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