{"id":275,"date":"2021-08-13T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T20:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/?p=275"},"modified":"2021-08-16T07:54:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T11:54:53","slug":"refresco-ue-update-8-13-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/2021\/08\/13\/refresco-ue-update-8-13-21\/","title":{"rendered":"REFRESCO UE UPDATE 8-13-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NLRB Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing over Refresco&#8217;s election objections was held on Wednesday, August 11th.\u00a0 The company lawyers argued that because the voting started five minutes late one day the whole election was not valid.\u00a0 The union, on the other hand, argued that there was no one who didn&#8217;t vote due to the five-minute delay, workers had many hours (16) available to vote, and the election results are valid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company didn&#8217;t present a shred of evidence that any voters were disenfranchised.\u00a0 The company also didn\u2019t even call its own election observer that morning as a witness.\u00a0 The witnesses for the union (Irma Carrillo and Luz Martinez) did a great job answering questions about the election.\u00a0 Both sides now have until August 20th to submit briefs (written summary and arguments), and then the Labor Board will issue a decision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company&#8217;s election objection is just an attempt to stall bargaining with the workers.&nbsp; Refresco needs to respect our decision to form a union and start negotiations without further delay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bargaining Committee and Steward Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to the following winners of the July election:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negotiation Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alex (Alejandro) Sarabia &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Maintenance)<\/li><li>Anthony Sanchez &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production)<\/li><li>Carlos (Julio) Cardona Bustamante&nbsp; (Blend Room)<\/li><li>Cesar Moreira Zambrano &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Blend Room)<\/li><li>Diana Acevedo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production)<\/li><li>Erik (Fabian) Moran &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Warehouse)<\/li><li>Irma Carrillo Montoya &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;(Production)<\/li><li>Ivan Rios &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Blend Room)<\/li><li>Lida Guevara &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Lab)<\/li><li>Maria Isabel Ovalle Villa &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;   (Production)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stewards<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ivan Rios &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Blend Room &#8211; Day Shift)<\/li><li>Javier (Luis) Alvarez &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Blend Room &#8211; Night Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Lab- 1st Shift)<\/li><li>Lida Guevara &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (Lab &#8211; 2nd Shift)<\/li><li>Marielis Ortiz &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Lab \u2013 3rd Shift)<\/li><li>Alejandro Sarabia &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Maintenance \u2013 1st Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Maintenance \u2013 2nd Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Maintenance \u2013 3rd Shift)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Cecilia Zambrano &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production &#8211; Day Shift)<\/li><li>Diana Acevedo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Production \u2013 Day Shift)<\/li><li>Irma Carrillo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production \u2013 Day Shift)<\/li><li>Licinia Ochoa &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production \u2013 Day Shift)<\/li><li>Luz Arcila &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Production \u2013 Day Shift)<\/li><li>Maria Isabel Ovalle Villa &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production &#8211; Day Shift)<\/li><li>Allan Pineda-Romero &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Production \u2013 Night Shift)<\/li><li>Anthony Sanchez &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production \u2013 Night Shift)<\/li><li>Jose Falcon &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Production &#8211; Night Shift)<\/li><li>Nelva Castellanos &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Production \u2013 Night Shift)<\/li><li>Victor Zuluaga &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Production \u2013 Night Shift)<\/li><li>Yohan Casanova &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Production \u2013 Night Shift)<\/li><li>Jose (Pepito) Delgado &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Sanitation \u2013 1st Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Sanitation \u2013 2nd Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Sanitation \u2013 3rd Shift)<\/li><li>Abdon Moran &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Warehouse \u2013 1st Shift)<\/li><li><em>Vacant<\/em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Warehouse &#8211; &nbsp;2nd shift)<\/li><li>Jose Cepeda &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Warehouse \u2013 3rd Shift)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bargaining committee will meet to start training and preparing this week.\u00a0 After the negotiating committee reviews the contract surveys from the members and writes proposals, we will schedule a membership meeting for members to vote on the union\u2019s bargaining proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will likely have a steward training in early September.&nbsp; The stewards will be trained to help union members with problems at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the workers in the areas without stewards want to choose stewards, you just need to have an election for your section and shift.&nbsp; Let one of the union leaders know if you need help organizing an election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NLRB Hearing The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing over Refresco&#8217;s election objections was held on Wednesday, August 11th.\u00a0 The company lawyers argued that because the voting started five minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organize.ueunion.org\/refresco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}