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New Seasons Workers United Accuse Grocery Chain of Firing Two Union Organizers

December 08, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

Willamette Week
By Katie Shepherd
December 7, 2017

Union-supporting employees at new Seasons Market filed complaints with nonprofit B Lab against the grocery company, alleging that managers had intimidated workers from pledging support to the union and that two union organizers had been illegally fired.

B Lab certifies businesses as B Corporations, companies that meet "rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency." Its stamp is often compared to the "fair trade" designation for coffee farms.

Read the full article at the Willamette Week website here.