Zuckerberg on Union Implications of Trader Joe’s Part-Time Policy
Pryor Cashman Partner Joshua Zuckerberg, co-chair of the Labor and Employment Group, talked to Bloomberg Law about the potential anti-union implications of efforts at Trader Joe’s to get part-time workers to work more hours.
In “Trader Joe’s Employees Cry Foul Over New Part-Time Work Policy,” Josh says that just requiring more part-time hours isn’t itself an anti-union action:
“If there’s a policy that has been designed to discourage unionization and there’s evidence of that, that could form the basis of an unfair labor practice,” said Joshua Zuckerberg, co-chair of Pryor Cashman LLP’s labor and employment group.
But in this case, the policy “doesn’t seem to have an anti-union element to it,” Zuckerberg said. The workers would have to prove this is being driven by anti-union animus for it to hold water, he said.
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