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Posted on 07/19/2026 12:42:08 PM PDT by johniegrad
MINNEAPOLIS — Employees at Kings Road Merch say they never expected their jobs to disappear just hours before contract negotiations were set to begin. "This is a place for weirdos and outsiders," said Cesar Esparza, who has worked at the Minneapolis-area merchandise warehouse for 14 years. Kings Road Merch fulfills and ships merchandise for local and national bands. Esparza says the workplace culture changed after Sony acquired the company last July.
"Everything went downhill," Esparza said. "Pay. The ability to hire. And just the irresponsibility on Sony's management to even handle any of our discrepancies. They've been completely silent." Inspired by anti-ICE general strike demonstrations in Minneapolis, Esparza said workers decided to organize a union. But just hours before the group's first bargaining session, Teamsters representatives received unexpected news. "Our Teamsters representative called me two hours before our meeting and said, 'Sony just informed me that they're closing the warehouse,'" Esparza said.
The closure would eliminate the jobs of Esparza and 17 other employees. Aaron Sojourner, a senior economist with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, says the timing raises questions but does not, by itself, prove wrongdoing. "The principle in the law is very clear that the employer is not allowed legally to retaliate against workers for unionizing or close a facility because the workers unionized," Sojourner said. Despite the closure announcement, Esparza says workers plan to continue fighting. "You demoralized us two weeks ago, but now we're more motivated than we ever have been before," he said. In a statement sent late Friday, Sony said the decision to close the warehouse was made before employees voted to unionize. The company said the facility is expected to close in September and that affected employees will receive severance packages.
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“Inspired by anti-ICE general strike”…. They chose poorly.
That’s why they’re called ‘negotiations’.
Drop kick Yo’ Azz.
Haha...Frito Lay used to do that...close warehouses and move when ee’s decided to unionize.
Why do so many liberals have weak eyes?
“”Everything went downhill,” Esparza said. “Pay. The ability to hire. And just the irresponsibility on Sony’s management to even handle any of our discrepancies. They’ve been completely silent.””
let me guess: dot indians took over all management positions ...
Responsible management.
It's the only way they can stand to be around each other.
Eighteen people.
They could always go work for one of the Somalis.
Unions.. The grift that keeps on taking. (you know, like the soviet union)
I’m with Sony. Shove your freeloading union up your... and get a job where you have to work to get paid. You just can’t steal the money and call it your paycheck.
Is there a single, normal person on the Democrat side? Even one?
These video-game-playing-losers who refuse to leave mom's cellar are full fledged communists, even replete with clenched fist and rose t-shirt (wrench, in this case, but exact same thing).
Screw them.
If I was an employer and saw employees wearing Dropkick Murphy shirts, I’d close the place too.
“… even handle any of our discrepancies.”
Sony probably found too many discrepancies in the inventory totals.
Why do so many liberals have weak eyes?“
The brains are even weaker. Ugh just look at these creeps.
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