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Rouses Responds to Union Charges

Union organizers targeting Rouses Markets earlier this month were in violation of a "no solicitation" policy and used "deceitful tactics" to distribute union cards to its employees, the retailer said Wednesday.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

August 13, 2009

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JON SPRINGER

THIBODAUX, La. — Union organizers targeting Rouses Markets earlier this month were in violation of a "no solicitation" policy and used "deceitful tactics" to distribute union cards to its employees, the retailer here said Wednesday.

The United Food and Commercial Workers earlier this week said it filed unfair labor charges against Rouses, saying the retailer obstructed its organizing attempts. Rouses in a statement said that charge was "blatantly false," and that store managers called police to its stores only after warning organizers that they were in violation of store policy.

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Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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