Will KKR allow workers the freedom to choose a union?

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project calls on KKR to prevent anti-union practices at Refresco's New Jersey plant during a rerun of a union election. The document alleges that Refresco previously used union-busting law firms and legal delays to avoid recognizing the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) after a successful 2021 vote.

• Workers at Refresco's New Jersey bottling plant sought to join the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) in June 2021 to address issues including low wages, minimal benefits, sexual harassment, and abusive treatment by supervisors.
• Refresco contested the results of the June 2021 union election and used legal appeals and objections to delay the process for ten months until the National Labor Relations Board ordered a new election in April 2022.
• The document identifies several coercive anti-union practices that KKR should prevent Refresco from using, including mandatory "captive audience meetings," the distribution of anti-union literature, the interrogation of subordinates by supervisors, and the retaliation against union supporters.

APA

Private Equity Stakeholder Project (2022). Will KKR allow workers the freedom to choose a union? https://pestakeholder.org/news/will-kkr-allow-workers-the-freedom-to-choose-a-union/

Chicago

Private Equity Stakeholder Project. Will KKR allow workers the freedom to choose a union? 2022. https://pestakeholder.org/news/will-kkr-allow-workers-the-freedom-to-choose-a-union/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Private Equity Stakeholder Project |title=Will KKR allow workers the freedom to choose a union? |date=9 May 2022 |url=https://pestakeholder.org/news/will-kkr-allow-workers-the-freedom-to-choose-a-union/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{privateequitystakeholderproject2022will, author = {{Private Equity Stakeholder Project}}, title = {{Will KKR allow workers the freedom to choose a union?}}, publisher = {Private Equity Stakeholder Project}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://pestakeholder.org/news/will-kkr-allow-workers-the-freedom-to-choose-a-union/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }