After 18 months of investigation, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has found merit in charges that uniform laundry giant, Cintas Corp., violated federal labor law at 19 facilities in several states, including Minnesota.
Cintas is accused of illegally firing and disciplining union supporters, threatening workers with plant closure and unlawful interrogations among dozens of other charges.
The General Counsel issued a Complaint and there will be a hearing covering charges at four locations. Cintas is attempting to settle charges at 15 other locations.
In a rare decision, the NLRB General Counsel also charged Cintas with violating a previous settlement agreement covering its Charlotte, North Carolina, facility. That agreement has been revoked and the General Counsel is now seeking special remedies to rectify Cintas' actions at this facility and a facility in Eagan, Minn. Requested remedies include providing union representatives with access to posting areas in the Cintas facilities.
"Cintas workers should be applauded for courageously attempting to form a union," UNITE HERE President Bruce Raynor said. "They are facing a company that is a repeat offender and continues to act as if it is above the law."
"Richard Farmer, Cintas founder and chairman, visited our company and said that Cintas respects our right to organize a union," said Jacob Salinas, a driver's helper who was fired from a Minnesota facility involved in the complaint. "He needs to back up his words with his actions."
The NLRB also issued a complaint against Craft-Barresi Consultants, an industrial labor consultant employed by Cintas, for their role in the labor law violations.
"We won't let up fighting Cintas on their anti-worker tactics," Teamsters General President James Hoffa said. "We won't stop until the company honors the workers' legal right to form a union."
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents more than 1.4 million members throughout North America. UNITE HERE represents more nearly half a million workers in the United States and Canada. Together the two unions represent more than one-third of workers in the uniform and laundry industry.
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After 18 months of investigation, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has found merit in charges that uniform laundry giant, Cintas Corp., violated federal labor law at 19 facilities in several states, including Minnesota.
Cintas is accused of illegally firing and disciplining union supporters, threatening workers with plant closure and unlawful interrogations among dozens of other charges.
The General Counsel issued a Complaint and there will be a hearing covering charges at four locations. Cintas is attempting to settle charges at 15 other locations.
In a rare decision, the NLRB General Counsel also charged Cintas with violating a previous settlement agreement covering its Charlotte, North Carolina, facility. That agreement has been revoked and the General Counsel is now seeking special remedies to rectify Cintas’ actions at this facility and a facility in Eagan, Minn. Requested remedies include providing union representatives with access to posting areas in the Cintas facilities.
“Cintas workers should be applauded for courageously attempting to form a union,” UNITE HERE President Bruce Raynor said. “They are facing a company that is a repeat offender and continues to act as if it is above the law.”
“Richard Farmer, Cintas founder and chairman, visited our company and said that Cintas respects our right to organize a union,” said Jacob Salinas, a driver’s helper who was fired from a Minnesota facility involved in the complaint. “He needs to back up his words with his actions.”
The NLRB also issued a complaint against Craft-Barresi Consultants, an industrial labor consultant employed by Cintas, for their role in the labor law violations.
“We won’t let up fighting Cintas on their anti-worker tactics,” Teamsters General President James Hoffa said. “We won’t stop until the company honors the workers’ legal right to form a union.”
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents more than 1.4 million members throughout North America. UNITE HERE represents more nearly half a million workers in the United States and Canada. Together the two unions represent more than one-third of workers in the uniform and laundry industry.
For more information
Visit the website, www.uniformjustice.org