Sanders praises store employees, Ben & Jerry’s on union effort
Employees in search of to unionize at a Ben & Jerry’s retail store in Burlington, Vermont, town the place the ice cream model was based introduced Friday that the corporate has signed the truthful election ideas
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Employees in search of to unionize at a Ben & Jerry’s retail store in Burlington, Vermont, town the place the ice cream model was based introduced Friday that the corporate has signed the truthful election ideas.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Impartial who has been a vocal supporter of Starbucks labor organizers, congratulated the Ben & Jerry’s employees at a press convention in his dwelling metropolis.
“I am very pleased with the work that these employees have carried out in coming collectively to kind a union and I am very proud that we’ve got right here in Vermont an organization like Ben & Jerry’s that has lengthy stood for progressive ideas, at the moment saying they’re keen to sit down down and negotiate contract with their employees,” Sanders mentioned.
Ben & Jerry’s mentioned final week that it supported a plan to unionize by about 40 employees on the retail store in downtown Burlington.
It mentioned in a press release that it shares “the purpose of advancing justice, each inside and out of doors our firm.” The ice cream producer was based in a former fuel station a brief distance from the downtown store.
“That’s why we acknowledge and assist the rights of all employees to unionize and collectively discount,” the corporate mentioned. “Ben & Jerry’s is dedicated to the purpose of working our firm in a means that’s truthful, inclusive, and equitable, whereas being a dynamic and enjoyable place for all employees.”
