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Employees at the three Landmark movie theaters in Minneapolis (Edina, Lagoon, Uptown) are seeking to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789. The UFCW filed for an election today with the National Labor Relations Board looking to represent 40 employees of the chain, which has 57 theaters in 14 states. (NBA pooh-bah Mark Cuban is among the company's owners.) According to Local 789, three quarters of those workers have signed cards saying they wish to unionize.
Wages and scheduling are two of the chief complaints of employees. "What they don't like is coming to work and then being told to go home," says Local 789 organizer Bernie Hesse. He expects the company to vigorously fight the union drive. "This will get pretty dirty," Hesse says. "It's a big company. They want to squash anything they can."
An election will be held sometime in the next six weeks.
UPDATE: I've posted the press release from UFCW Local 789.
Posted by Paul Demko at April 14, 2004 5:34 PM
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