Potential Turning Point for Labor as Millions in Service Sector Face Deepening Poverty
MINNEAPOLIS– The National Labor Relations Board confirmed today that it will conduct a union election for 200 workers at ten Minneapolis-area Jimmy John's on October 22, an historic first in the nation'...
Sandwich Workers and Customers Unite in Support of Working Class Hero
Press Conference and Delegation: 1pm Sunday September 26, Calhoun Square Jimmy Johns, 3001 Hennepin Ave. S.
MINNEAPOLIS– When Shift Supervisor Margaret Brickely began her morning prep work at Jimmy John's last...
Sandwich Workers Union Keeps the Pressure on as Unprecedented Union Election Approaches
MINNEAPOLIS– Jimmy John’s workers were doing more than preparing french bread, cold cuts, and sliced tomatoes for “Dollar Sub Day” this morning as union members and supporters hit the bricks outside...
Pressure Mounts on Franchise Owners in Unprecedented Fast Food Union Drive
MINNEAPOLIS– Sandwich workers at nine Minneapolis Jimmy John's locations made history this morning as they filed for the first-ever National Labor Relations Board union election at the national fast food chain. If...
Momentum Builds as Workers Seek Relief for Mounting Economic Frustration
September 7, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS- From Clovis, California to Miami, Florida, Jimmy John's was besieged coast to coast on Labor Day by leafleting and pickets in support of the first-ever unionization effort at the...
Still no response from corporate headquarters
September 6, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - In the true spirit of Labor Day, supporters of the Jimmy Johns Workers Union in 32 states nationwide will take to the streets in an unprecedented National Week of Action to pressure Minneapolis...
Spirited Sandwich Workers Roll Out Innovative Tactic to Move Mulligans to Meet
September 4, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS– Uptown echoed with union chants and singing Saturday night as Jimmy Johns workers arrived with a surprise bicycle picket at Calhoun Square, bringing business at the store...
Fast Food Union Campaign Escalates as Management Refuses to Meet with Workers
MINNEAPOLIS- Faced with the refusal of Jimmy Johns franchise owners Mike and Rob Mulligan to meet with their employees to discuss demands for improvements to working conditions, the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union...
Sandwich Workers to Announce Plans Tomorrow to Escalate Union Campaign
September 2, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS- Spirits were high and the air full of song on picket lines outside Jimmy Johns this afternoon as over 100 workers and supporters brought business to a near standstill. The picket...
Fast Food Chain Rocked by Work Stoppages in Sign of Mounting Economic Frustration among US Workers
Press Conference and Rally: 4pm September 2, Block E Jimmy Johns, Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS- Service was anything but 'freaky fast' at Jimmy Johns today as workers walked off...
