{"id":1077,"date":"2023-09-11T04:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladingcargo.com\/blog\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:25:53","slug":"union-disputes-and-labor-practices-a-deep-dive-into-the-logistics-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladingcargo.com\/blog\/union-disputes-and-labor-practices-a-deep-dive-into-the-logistics-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Disputes and Labor Practices: A Deep Dive into the Logistics Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The relationship between Werner Enterprises and the newly elected union is off to a rough start.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local 152 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), which was recently chosen to represent 26 workers at three sites of Werner company ECM Transport, sent a claim of unfair labor practice to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of our sources got a copy of the charging letter from the union, but the facts of the charge are not available on the NLRB website without a Freedom of Information Act request.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though the UFCW’s complaints were short, the fact that they were sent less than two weeks after the union win on August 24 may be important. That could hurt the union’s chances of making a deal with ECM\/Werner.<\/span><\/p>\n

When employees at ECM elected to have the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) represent them, Werner established its first union.<\/span><\/p>\n

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