Legal Publication Interviews Pyle Rome Attorney About Worker Uprising at Market Basket Grocery Stores

Massachusetts and New Hampshire residents likely are very familiar with the successful protests by Market Basket employees over the past few months. The episode has been an inspiring example of the power of workers, when acting together, to improve working conditions, even without a formal union.

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly spoke to Pyle Rome Ehrenberg PC Attorney Tod Cochran for the labor perspective on the story that captivated New England. Cochran said: “Management didn’t even have the nerve to take on employees. Outside this particular situation, most employees who engage in self-help like this will just get terminated. I think the reason for it is the Demoulas board realized the connection between the customers and store employees was so strong that they couldn’t get rid of their employees without losing their customers.”

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