Calls comments "short-sighted" and a "disappointment"
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500
President Bruce W. Both released the following statement regarding the
appointment of Pat Brown as CEO of Natural Markets Food Group, the
parent company of Mrs. Green's Natural Market:
"We and the workers from Mrs. Green's eagerly awaited new CEO Pat Brown's statements on the future of Mrs. Green's Natural Market, and we were all equally disappointed.
"Like his predecessor, Mr. Brown failed
to take advantage of an opportunity to address the serious labor
management problems at Mrs. Green's Natural Market; declining to
acknowledge any of the hardworking men and women who have been
instrumental in emerging Mrs. Green's from a small chain of stores in
one state, into a rapidly expanding international market.
"Brown's comments are short-sighted for a
company that was been charged with and settled over 20 labor violations
in the last 15 months with the National Labor Relations Board. Under
Brown's predecessor's leadership, the company was charged with illegally
firing eight longtime workers from its Mt. Kisco store for supporting
the UFCW union. Those workers were left on a picket line for over 6
months in front of the store, until the company finally succumbed to
community and political pressure to rehire them. Ignoring these
problems will not make them go away.
"Mrs. Green's is plagued with worker
unrest because their 'core mission' doesn't include workers. The
company needs to acknowledge and respect the men and women who help them
achieve their "core mission", every day."
For more information on the workers at Mrs. Green's Natural Market please visit www.mrsgreeds.com.
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Local 1500, based out of Westbury, New York, represents over 23,000
grocery workers in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Putnam and
Dutchess Counties.
Stay up to date with UFCW Local 1500 on twitter @ufcw1500, and at www.ufcw1500.org.
Contact UFCW Local 1500 at info@ufcw1500.org.
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