Michael Powers at People’s World reports Workers employed at Bruegger’s Bagels in Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa have filed papers with the National Labor Relations Board to be represented by Bruegger’s Workers United.  People’s World interviewed Juniper Hollis, a representative of the Workers in the Iowa City location, to talk about what led them to organize a Union.  The impulse to organize started when Hollis asked Co-Workers about what their wages were and whether they were happy with what they were getting paid. What she found was that pay varied from Worker to Worker, with some struggling to survive on an unlivable wage and others going years without a pay bump.  “Many told me after years working with the company they had never received a raise,” she said.  After discovering the conversations she was having with Co-Workers, management responded with typical Union-Busting tactics.

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