Goldstein filed numerous complaints against Menards after reading The Progressive’s December 8 article on how the company’s written agreement with management staff included a specific threat to slash their pay if the work areas they supervise opt to unionize. The notice was sent by Jessica Gibson, a Milwaukee-based NLRB field examiner. “The employer has maintained unlawful and overly broad written agreements with managers and supervisors,” as well as “unlawful and overly broad provisions in its employee handbook,” the NLRB determined, according to a notice emailed on March 28 to Seth Goldstein, senior business representative of the Office and Employees International Union, Local 153, based in New York City.
The National Labor Relations Board, in response to complaints prompted by an article in The Progressive, has found that the home improvement giant Menards committed multiple violations of federal labor law.
