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Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists

posted by Kristi Wachter on
Resistance is
Company may have spent about $200,000 to fight union effort in White Plains, where 11 people can vote to join UAW
The Guardian Michael Sainato
Excerpt:

“Seeing the amount of money, the managers, everybody that they’re sending in, it really kind of shows that you can make change at the store,” concluded Valencia. “You can make change within the company because the fact that you’re unionizing it and you’ve got this kind of a response is actually a good thing. It means that you really are out there changing things, and I believe that if we can do it, and hopefully we do win, then everybody else can too.”

posted by Kristi Wachter on

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