{"id":24203,"date":"2015-11-16T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T08:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=20692"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","slug":"hard-working-ikea-retail-workers-strike-for-union-recognition","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/hard-working-ikea-retail-workers-strike-for-union-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard-Working IKEA Retail Workers Strike for Union Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Workers Shut Down Normal Operations of Boston-Area Store<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20693\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20693\" class=\" wp-image-20693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1_1.jpg\" alt=\"via UNI Global Union\" width=\"340\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via UNI Global Union<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BOSTON \u2013 Early this morning, workers at a Boston-area IKEA store went on strike, shutting down normal store operations in an effort to improve the lives of hard-working IKEA workers and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The striking workers are the first unionized retail workers at an American IKEA store, and are taking this action in response to IKEA USA\u2019s refusal to recognize their union and enter into contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of doing what is right, IKEA has chosen to fight its own hard-working employees. That is wrong. All we want is the chance to earn a better life,\u201d said eight-year IKEA coworker Chris DeAngelo. \u201cWe are dedicated to our jobs, and wish IKEA would honor its own policy and respect our union rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s action follows the decision of workers in the Goods Flow In department at IKEA Stoughton to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the nation\u2019s largest private sector union with 1.3 million members.<\/p>\n<p>The workers requested that IKEA USA recognize their union after following a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) process that allows companies to voluntarily recognize a union when workers demonstrate majority support. Seventy-five per cent of workers in the bargaining unit signed a petition affirming their desire to join the union.<\/p>\n<p>The action today highlights a failure to follow IKEA Group policies, which explicitly state support for the right of workers to bargain collectively and to join a union of their choice in the company\u2019s internal code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The Stoughton IKEA store has been the subject of a recent NLRB complaint filed in Boston, alleging that the company violated federal law by unlawfully infringing on the right of workers to engage in protected union activity. The company has since settled the complaint with the NLRB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Join the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\"><em>United Food and Commercial Workers International Union<\/em><\/a><em> (UFCW) online at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\"><em>www.ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>We are 1.3 million families standing together to build an economy that every hard-working family deserves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational\"><em>www.facebook.com\/UFCWinternational<\/em><\/a><em> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/UFCW\"><em>@UFCW<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers Shut Down Normal Operations of Boston-Area Store BOSTON \u2013 Early this morning, workers at a Boston-area IKEA store went on strike, shutting down normal store operations in an effort to improve the lives of hard-working IKEA workers and their families. 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