The United Food and Commercial Workers don’t like taking “no” for an answer, especially when it comes to dealing with employees not seeking to join. That would appear to be the case in California. The 1.4-million-member UFCW is a fast-growing union and a member of the AFL-CIO’s breakaway federation, Change to Win. Change to Win President Andrew Stern and UFCW International President Joe Hansen are seeking dramatic boosts in membership. But the National Labor Relations Board this past May made clear that suppressing dissent isn’t a legitimate tactic to realize those gains.
