Episode 66: No Evil Foods Workers Speak Out
No Evil Foods is a plant-based food company from North Carolina whose products are sold in hundreds of grocery stores. The company recently laid off dozens of production staff, just a year after defeating a hard fought unionization campaign.
The Checkout caught up with three former employees of No Evil Foods. They gave us the scoop on what it was like to work for a company whose progressive ideals were in conflict with their business model and employee relations.
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Episode #66 Notes
1:00 - On unionizing efforts at No Evil Foods.
7:30 - Motivation around the initial unionization drive.
17:00 - How did the other employees respond to unionization?
21:45 - On the mechanics of union-avoidance industry.
23:00 - On PRO-ACT.
28:00 - What was the work dynamic? What did it feel like to work at the facility?
29:30 - What happened after the unionization effort failed?
42:00 - What happened when you left the company?
56:00 - How you can support. Takeaways and lessons learned.
