The union win on March 24, the first ever in this notoriously anti-union Memphis suburb, sent shock waves throughout Olive Branch. SLS, a warehouse and shipping operation with about 260 workers in Olive Branch, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sears.
Most workers are Black men, but white workers and women have also been active in the union effort.
They are trying to split the membership, undermine support for the union, and it won't work. We want a wage increase for every worker. SLS is worried about the impact a general wage increase might have on a new Local 282 campaign at a Sears facility in Memphis. SLS also refused to talk about the union health insurance plan. They insist that the workers have to stay with the current plan.