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Tensions are running high in Humboldt Creamery labor talks.
(Feb. 15, 2007) If negotiations between Humboldt Creamery and the union that represents most of its employees were not acidic enough, a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board threatens to sour the process further.
Last Friday, a day after the Fernbridge dairy cooperative’s union employees voted 94-1 to authorize a strike, Redding-based Teamsters Local 137 fired off a complaint to the NLRB charging the Creamery failed to bargain in good faith, said Local 137 negotiator Dave Hawley.
The complaint also asks the NLRB - a federal agency that governs relations between unions and employers — to force Humboldt Creamery to reveal its appraised value, Hawley said.
The filing capped a contentious week between Creamery management and the union, which represents about 130 employees, most of whom work on the plant’s production floor.
“In the fourth bargaining session the company threw down its final offer 15 minutes into the session,” Hawley said. “That’s an unfair labor practice.”
The union called for a strike vote after this, Hawley said.
Employees cast their votes at the Red Lion Inn in Eureka Thursday. But that doesn’t mean a work stoppage will happen any time soon. Immediately after being informed of the vote, Creamery management asked for more bargaining sessions, Hawley said. Talks are scheduled to resume in early March.
Rich Ghilarducci, Humboldt Creamery’s CEO, was on the road early this week and not available for an interview, said Terri Fisher, his assistant. Ghilarducci is the only Creamery executive authorized to answer questions about labor negotiations, she said.
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