Workers employed at a Los Angeles carwash who are seeking to improve their standard of living by forming a labor union with the United Steelworkers (USW) are one step closer to achieving victory following a complaint issued May 28 against Vermont Hand Wash Inc., by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

When some 40 employees decided in April 2008 to exercise their rights to organize a union to bargain collectively with carwash owner Benny Pirian, they became subject to threats, intimidation, humiliation, unlawful interrogation and surveillance, according to the NLRB’s complaint. Vermont Hand Wash management has been charged with targeting and firing three union leaders because of their union activities ... more