KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The union that represents McKay’s employees claims the Knoxville store is closure as retaliation against its employees.
Communications Workers of America Local 3805 filed NLRB Form 501 with the National Labor Relations Board, which is used of accuse a private-sector employer of violating federal labor law and requests the government investigate the employer. The filing claims that the McKay’s announced the closing “in retaliation against its employees’ selection of CWA as their bargaining representative and to chill organizing activity at its other stores.”
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“McKay’s decision to shut down a beloved bookstore rather than negotiate in good faith with their workers is a disgusting attempt to bust the union, coming from a company that has already violated federal labor laws multiple times over,” said Ray Mehaffey, president of CWA Local 3805. “CWA is not going anywhere. We will pursue McKay’s and its owners to the ends of the earth in our fight for justice for the Knoxville McKay’s workers and their loyal customers.”
The workers at McKay’s Knoxville location voted to unionize in November 2022. Ahead of the vote in October 2022, employees told 6 News they were overworked, underpaid and mistreated…