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* UNICCO has performed facilities service work at the University of Miami
since 1996 without a single complaint filed with the NLRB until the
union began its organizing campaign last June.
"Nevertheless, we expect the union to continue to flood the NLRB with
these kinds of nuisance complaints," Bailey said.

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Calls on union to stick to the facts in its organizing campaign

BOSTON, UNICCO Service Company today called on
members of the Service Employees International Union Local 11 and Students
Toward a New Democracy (STAND) to refrain from inaccurate statements
concerning the unfair labor complaints the union brought before the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The results of the NLRB-
ordered February 19, 2002 ballot count were 28 votes in favor of union
representation and 20 votes against union representation, with eight
challenged ballots. The UFCW International is the
largest private sector union in the country, with over 1.

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"Students should be aware
that this will go on until the union agrees to an election. This company
believes in the right of our workers to decide if they want, or don't want,
union representation.

Federal Government Rules: Glen's Market Oscoda Workers' Vote for Union Representation Stands Reports UFCW Local 876

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* As part of its organizing campaign, the SEIU typically files nuisance
complaints with the NLRB. The
remaining four were consolidated for a hearing scheduled for March 27.
* All of the accusations have been instigated by the SEIU, not the federal
government.C.
"Employees at several other Glen's Markets were interested in joining the
Oscoda workers in obtaining union representation, but put their unionizing
efforts on hold until they saw how things worked out for the Oscoda group."
Local 876 expects Spartan Foods to respect the NLRB decision and the legal
right of workers to unionize, by entering contract negotiations with Local 876
and bargaining in good faith with the union to reach an agreement on a first
contract for the workers at Glen's Market in Oscoda.

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, Over three years after
Glen's Market Oscoda workers voted for representation with the United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876, on Feb.
"This has been a long battle for the workers at Glen's in Oscoda, and the
board's ruling is a great win for them," Victoria Collins, Local 876's
president, said.
This decision has given them hope that union representation is attainable.

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"We're all for open and honest debate about our workers and employment
record ," said UNICCO spokesman Doug Bailey."
UNICCO has looked into each of the allegations and believes they are
without merit."
UNICCO, which employs 18,000 workers nationwide, about half of which are
unionized, has called on the SEIU to hold an election supervised by the NLRB
to once and for all determine whether the University janitors want to elect
SEIU as their collective bargaining agent ."
In the fall of 2001, the workers at Glen's Market in Oscoda contacted the
UFCW Local 876 looking for assistance in forming a union at their store.

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* To date, SEIU has filed eight complaints and withdrawn four.

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Students should be asking the
union: 'What's wrong with letting Democracy decide? '"

In March
2002, the NLRB ruled the employer's objections lacked merit, and ordered the
election results certified. Spartan Foods appealed this decision, sending the
case to the NLRB office in Washington, D., where a ruling took nearly three
years. The UFCW is one of the
three largest unions in the Michigan AFL-CIO.

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The fact is, there has been no
hearing, no finding, and we look forward to telling our side of the story in
the proper forum. The
workers showed strong support for the union by signing union authorization
cards allowing UFCW Local 876 to petition the NLRB to conduct a secret ballot
union representation election.
Spartan Foods, who owns and operates Glen's Market, filed objections with
the NLRB in an effort to block the certification of the election. Huron Rd.

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"But students who otherwise might
want to support noble causes should know that it is a standard tactic for this
union to file unsubstantiated charges with the NLRB in the hopes of generating
publicity and damaging a company's reputation.
"The union has ignored our call for an election and hasn't even said why
it doesn't want to hold an election," said Bailey. Due to a dispute over
voter eligibility, the ballots were impounded.

"The workers at the Oscoda store weren't the only ones eagerly awaiting
this decision," Mark Charrette, Local 876's organizing director, said.
UFCW Local 876 represents over 22,000 workers in eastern and northern
Michigan who work for Kroger, Farmer Jack, Rite Aid, and at numerous other
commercial worksites including meat packing plants.

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"Their employer used nearly every trick in the book to block
their efforts to achieve a voice on the job, but the workers remained strong
and united.4 million members.

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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. 25 the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) certified the vote, ruling the employer's objections to the
election lacked merit. After Local 876 agreed with the company's challenge of
two ballots, the union asked the NLRB to certify the election results because
the remaining six challenged ballots would not change the vote in favor of
union representation.
Glen's operates 34 markets in mid-Michigan. The Oscoda store is located
at 5463 N.

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"STAND, most of all,
should be interested in the democratic process.
The election was conducted on January 18, 2002.