Union backs out of Murray’s fight, ends ties to employees
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
6:35 pm
The union that represented employees at Murray’s Restaurant in downtown Minneapolis for decades has kissed the relationship goodbye, ending a fight over cuts to wages and benefits that created a schism among workers.
Unite HERE Local 17, which represented servers, cooks, dishwashers and bartenders at the landmark steakhouse, told the National Labor Relations Board earlier this month it would no longer press a charge of unfair labor practices against Murray’s owners. The union also said it had “disclaimed interest” in representing workers there.
Nancy Goldman, president of Local 17, said the contract was “substandard,” and that the relationship with the Murray family “is so tainted, I don’t think we can do business anymore.”
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