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Sportswear owner fired employees after they vote to join union, ordered to reinstate employees and pay back wages, instead shut down business and reopened same business under new name (wisconsinexaminer.com)
submitted 7 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@sh.itjust.works
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[โ€“] notabot@lemm.ee 67 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not about the $8000, it's about defeating the unionization effort and sending a warning to the other employees.

[โ€“] Gabu@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

The only warning he managed to send is that they're a moron who will now have to pay even more money.