Six Jimmy John's Workers Illegally Fired After Campaigning for Paid Sick Days
Sandwich Chain Seeks to Suppress Educational Poster on the Risks of Eating Food Prepared by Sick Employees
MINNEAPOLIS--JimmyJohnsWorkers.org--In an effort to silence employees who have blown the whistle on serious food safety hazards at Jimmy John's, the company fired six workers Tuesday, March 22 for putting up posters (see attached) demanding the right to call in sick and paid sick days in order to avoid exposing customers to infection. Under current policy, Jimmy John's workers are disciplined for calling in sick if they cannot find a replacement, forcing many workers to make sandwiches while ill.
"It just isn't safe -- customers are getting their sandwiches made by people with the flu, and they have no idea," said Micah
Buckley-Farlee, one of the fired workers, "and now we're getting fired for blowing the whistle on this disgusting practice. Rather than safeguard public health and do the right thing for their employees and their customers, Jimmy John's owners Mike and Rob Mulligan are trying to silence us. These illegal and offensive firings will not stand."
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In addition to the threat of discipline for calling in sick, many workers are unable to afford to take a day off if they are ill because
wages at the sandwich chain hover around the federal minimum of $7.25 and the company offers no benefits. The result of these pressures is that sandwich-makers often have to work while sick, creating an enormous public health risk. The issue of working while sick in restaurants has assumed increased concern from the public in recent years. A recent study performed by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy shows a marked increase in workers unable to take sick leave noting that of the 793 employees surveyed 72% said they worked while they had severe flu symptoms.
The risky anti-union firings at Jimmy John's could easily backfire on the company. Firing workers in retaliation for organizing activity is expressly forbidden by the National Labor Relations Act. The IWW Jimmy John's Workers Union will file charges with the National Labor Relations Board today seeking reinstatement of all fired workers. The workers are hopeful that the NLRB will consider an injunction to reinstate the fired workers while litigation progresses. Regardless of the outcome of legal action, the union workers have announced that direct actions against the franchise, such as picketing, will continue to escalate until they have won the demand for paid sick days and all illegally fired workers are reinstated.
“All we want is for the owner Rob Mulligan to do the right thing,”says Alyssa Rodewald, a Jimmy John's worker who was fired for calling in sick last week. “Spend your money giving us paid sick days and protecting customers, not spending legal fees in a hopeless attempt to justify your immoral actions”.
The Jimmy Johns Workers Union, open to employees at the company nationwide, is affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World labor union. Gaining prominence in recent years for organizing Starbucks workers, the IWW is a global union founded over a century ago for all working people.
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Tough Luck
Sorry folks. Employment is "at will". You can be fired for any reason with, or without cause. Putting up posters in your employers business without permission is cause for discharge.
If you don't like the work rules, go find another job.
Not quite
Hey friend, you're actually not right about that there. Their employment is generally at-will, but section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act says that a worker cannot be fired in retailation for union activity, which is exactly what's happening here. Organizing a union actually gives you more rights at work than not organizing!
Folks were not fired for putting up posters in the business. They were fired for putting up the posters in the community.
They weren't fired for trying
They weren't fired for trying to organize a union, and probably you know that since they've been trying to organize a union for a while now. They handed out flyers about their own jobs, which involve making sandwiches, saying that the sandwiches they were making were unsafe to eat and could make you sick. It is just demented to think of that as a legitimate unionization tactic or that these people should not have been fired. Almost as demented as a news source intentionally not pointing out what the flyers actually said. Glossy glossy BS. This is the definition of bias.
So putting up posters that
So putting up posters that say where you work makes infected food is the way you get benifits. Sounds more like your tryin to put where you work out of business. Good job, get your resume ready. You may get rehired or you may put your store out of business either way I'd bet against any raises in your future.
I'll help spread the word
These commetns are depressing, two spams and a callous fool who I hope is next to eat a flu-infeced sandwich. I'll help you spread the word.
Union busting makes me lose
Union busting makes me lose my appetite. I won't be eating at JJ's anytime soon.
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