Murray’s to contest NLRB ruling that backed union

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By Steve Share
23 June 2010

Minneapolis - The owners of Murray’s restaurant plan to contest a National Labor Relations Board ruling rather than accept a finding by the NLRB’s District 18 office that the restaurant illegally imposed a contract on workers and refused to bargain in good faith with UNITE HERE Local 17.

Murray’s will seek to overturn the ruling at a hearing before an administrative law judge of the NLRB scheduled for July 15, reported Nancy Goldman, Local 17 president.

The union has charged that Murray’s had engaged in unfair labor practices and refused to bargain in good faith.

In a May 28, 2010 ruling, the NLRB agreed and sought an order that Murray’s “make whole employees for any losses suffered” under the contract Murray’s imposed March 1. The contract cut wages 10 percent for all employees except servers, increased eligibility requirements for health insurance to impossible levels, reduced vacation benefits, and eliminated free meals and uniforms.

The NLRB’s six-page complaint cited Murray’s for several violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

The NLRB ruling found that Murray’s “has been failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith…”


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