A spokeswoman said employees of the store, which was the site of a failed effort to create what would have been Target's first unionized shop, would be offered work at nearby Target stores. When the renovated store reopens later this year, the workers "will have the option to transfer back to the Valley Stream store.
The Valley Stream, L.I., Target that has been fighting a union drive will shut for a six-month remodeling. The union will seek to block the closure.
Target plans to temporarily close the Valley Stream, L.I., store where it has been fighting a union drive. In response, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, which has been organizing the workers for the past year, filed a request Friday for a federal injunction to prevent the closure.
The union argues that Target is shutting the Long Island store to stifle the organizing campaign.Local 1500 began organizing the Valley Stream workers early last year after receiving calls from employees who were upset over wages and distribution of hours, among other issues. But workers voted in June against unionization by a count of 137 to 85. The union cried foul, filing objections that alleged the company illegally intimidated workers. The Valley Stream store would have been the first Target in the country to unionize.
Local 1500 is seeking to overturn the results of last year’s election and conduct a new vote. A hearing was held earlier this month, and a decision is pending. Meanwhile, union organizers have continued to meet with employees of the Long Island store and other Target locations in the metropolitan area.
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