Local 47 business manager Patrick Lavin ordered furniture from the retail giant, then waited for delivery. After several days, a supervisor finally apologized that the customer had not been informed of a corporate policy forbidding delivery to unions. Chief executive officer David Fuente stood behind the policy in a letter to IBEW Local 47. The company fears that union staff may inform drivers of their legal rights, or the benefits of forming a union. Attorney Glenn Rothner asks what other policies Office Depot maintains.
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Long Beach Community College classified workers chose an AFL-CIO union in their fight for better wages and secure benefits. The facility is operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Local community, political and religious leaders, especially members of the Episcopal clergy, denounced the hospital s anti-union tactics. The new law provides that workers who benefit from collective bargaining help shoulder its costs. More than 93,000 workers under 20 union contracts are affected.