SEIU Local 26 represents over 35 janitors who work for Aramark and clean the General Mills corporate complex in Golden Valley, Minnesota. The union recently settled a grievance in a member's favor, winning her a large cash settlement. In retaliation, Aramark unnecessarily and unjustly fired nearly 20 workers.
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From where I sit, these recent firings by Aramark look an awful lot like intimidation. In fact, the firings come close to union busting.
It seems to me that the people who clean the toilets at General Mills deserve at least the same amount of respect as General Mills offers to its suppliers, business partners and customers. And as a resident of Minnesota, I suspect that if this matter is brought to General Mills' attention, they will do the right thing.
This sort of intimidation does not reflect the values of our state and hopefully it will find no safe harbor here. If one of us loses a court case, we don't go out and beat up our neighbors because we didn't like the verdict - and this is what Aramark's behavior amounts to.
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