Target fires pro-union employee

[marmar]

She was the face of the failed campaign to make a Valley Stream, L.I., store the first unionized Target in the country. Again and again she told media outlets she was struggling to raise her daughter on what she earned as a Target sales floor team member.

Now, Tashawna Green, 21, of Jamaica, Queens, no longer has her $8-per-hour job. A Target supervisor fired her earlier this month, seven weeks after workers voted not to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500.

The union immediately filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging Ms. Green was fired “because of her activities in support of the union.” In a letter to the board, a union lawyer wrote that Ms. Green served as an observer for the election and gave statements to the board in support of charges the union filed against Target. The lawyer wrote that Ms. Green was fired after she was seen being dropped off at work by a union representative.

In a statement, Target said Ms. Green was fired because she “recently acted in an overly hostile, disruptive manner that is inconsistent with Target's policies.” ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110815/FREE/110819935#ixzz1Vs1x0l1g

[Harmony Blue]

1. I received a lot of flack for calling the Target

workers stupid for voting it down. Now, who looks stupid? Thank you Ms. Green, and keep up the fight.

[udbcrzy2]

2. Target is an unsafe place to work

I worked there unloading trucks and during a holiday when we came in early to work the lights (which are controlled by corporate) were turned off. The only lighting we had was very dim and we were told that it was because corporate had control of those lights to be turned on at a certain time. It was really weird because we had to work in the dark unloading a truck.

[qb]

3. Fuck Target. They're in a race to the bottom with WalMart.

:banghead:

[guyton]

4. boycott target

Used to spend a lot every week at Target. Haven't spent a dime there in a long time now -- ever since they were caught giving lots of campaign bucks to the idiots.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/target-homophobia-ceo-gre_n_660990.html