National Labor Relations Board hears complaints from a Trader Joe's store

As workers at a Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Mass., contemplate leaving a union that was formed in 2022, the National Labor Relations Board heard complaints on Tuesday against the store, reports Maine Public Radio.

There appears to be several allegations that the store has retaliated against employees due to the forming of the union. The Hadley location was the first Trader Joe’s where workers voted to unionize.

Union spokesperson Maeg Yosef wants the Board to reinstate an employee who, according to the union, was improperly fired, and to revamp a retirement plan that is viewed as less generous for union workers than non-union workers.

Meanwhile, some workers at the Trader Joe’s want to end the union, which is still in the process of negotiating a contract.

Yosef said that first contract is notoriously difficult to get.