Christian Smalls, the organizer of the unionization group, told AP that they “quickly bounced back,” working to gather more signatures to meet NLRB’s 30 percent threshold. The election will be held sometime after February 16.
“That was the celebratory moment for us yesterday, the fact that we were able to achieve that even after facing the withdrawal,” Smalls said.
AP reported that Smalls was fired after organizing a protest in March of 2020 over greater COVID-19 protections.
“The employer’s flagrant disregard for the board’s typical mail-ballot procedure compromised the authority of the board and made a free and fair election impossible,” Henderson wrote in a statement.
