Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley urges IKEA to support Stoughton workers' union...

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Mass Live

By Shannon Young

SPRINGFIELD ‒ Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley this week called on IKEA to immediately recognize Massachusetts employees' decision to unionize, stressing that he stands with the Stoughton-based workers.

In a letter to IKEA U.S. President Lars Petersson, the former Maryland governor pointed to warehouse workers in Perryville, Md. who have formed a union and recently voted on a new collective bargaining agreement that he said "allows them to share in the company's success."

With several overnight warehouse workers at the IKEA in Stoughton having announced that they're ready to build a union with UFCW, the country's union for retail workers, O'Malley called on the company to recognize the decision.

FULL story at link. (Hej is how you say Hey in Swedish…It’s a thing on the door of every IKEA store. J Hej, like hi)


From Amber at the UFCW: Yesterday, IKEA workers in Stoughton, Mass., called on IKEA to recognize their union. The company is delaying, and the workers need our support to push IKEA management to recognize their union, UFCW Local 1445.

Please support the IKEA workers by tweeting with the hashtag #StandWithStoughton(https://twitter.com/search?q=%23StandWithStoughton). A few suggested tweets are below:

Workers have asked @IKEAUSA to recognize their union but IKEA is stonewalling. Tell IKEA #UnionAtIKEA now! #StandWithStoughton #1u (https://twitter.com/UFCW/status/664520605895696385/photo/1)

Hej @IKEAUSA Don’t flatpack your workers. Recognize their union today! #StandWithStoughton #1u pic.twitter.com/4SXdhBEdGn

Tell @IKEAUSAHelp (https://twitter.com/IKEAUSAHelp/) & @IKEAUSA (https://twitter.com/IKEAUSA/) to live their values & respect workers: recognize the #UnionAtIKEA #StandWithStoughton pic.twitter.com/PbOrSlEgFi

Labor and lingonberries go well together. It’s time for @IKEAUSA to recognize their union coworkers in MA. #StandWithStoughton #1u https://twitter.com/search?q=%23StandWithStoughton

Hej @IKEAUSA Workers are ready to assemble our #UnionAtIKEA. We'll even bring the allen wrench. #StandWithStoughton pic.twitter.com/PbOrSlEgFi

Amber Sparks

UFCW Intl (www.ufcw.org)

Assistant Communications Director

Story for the photo below: http://www.ufcw.org/2015/11/12/ikea-retail-workers-form-first-u-s-retail-store-union/



Read more: http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/democratic_presidential_candid_2.html

[w0nderer]

1. stupid question i'm sure but

US ikea doesn't UNION?

[Politicalboi]

3. Nope

I worked at the warehouse in LeBec Ca, and they used temp people so they can fire you for anything, and pay you shit.

[w0nderer]

4. need to email nordic unions

they'd prob lock down to F ikea up just to support brothers

[w0nderer]

5. it is scary though

i did a short term at IKEA in sweden....it was not bad but union was all over the place
nice, expensive but nice

[elleng]

2. Unions YES!

[wolfie001]

6. This is the real battle for hearts and minds!!!

Best of luck to these Union brothers and sisters!

[FSogol]

7. K&R. n/t

[mountain grammy]

8. After years of hoping for one, we finally have an IKEA in Colorado.

As it was being built, we learned about ikea's terrible labor policies here in third world America. We decided the company needs us more than we need them and have stayed away while making our displeasure known.
Corporate greed stinks...