Labor board rules against ADM in union case

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Herald Review

CHRIS LUSVARD

DECATUR — The National Labor Relations Board found Archer Daniels Midland Co. guilty of violating federal labor laws in relation to employees at its bioproducts plant in Decatur considering joining a union.

Maintenance employees at the plant had voted 33-28 in January 2015 against joining the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, which represents more than 70,000 members at food manufacturing companies, including 38 ADM facilities.

Administrative Law Judge Melissa M. Olivero concluded after a July hearing in Peoria that ADM had interrogated and threatened its employees, violating their right to form, join or assist a union. She found the misconduct sufficient to set aside the results of the election and ordered a second election as part of issuing a 33-page decision.

“Now that the board set aside the 2015 election results and issued a cease and desist order against ADM, we're hopeful employees will be able to freely and fairly vote to become members of the BCTGM,” John Price, director of organization for the BCTGM International Union, said Thursday.

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1. Glad to hear it

Good for the Judge and good for the union challenging the intimidation tactics of ADM.