I am amazed at how biased the coverage is in both the Brattleboro Reformer and The Commons about unionizing the Brattleboro Food Co-op.
Just about every story seems to suggest that the Co-op should just embrace the unionization because it is requested. I even saw a comment about the Co-op board not allowing a local television station in to film the board meeting. Why would anyone allow that dog and pony show to be filmed?
It would, however, have be nice if your reporters would have taken the time to ask the Co-op board if they have ever allowed their board meetings to be recorded for television instead of implying that somehow it was not allowed this time.
Let me take the time to explain, in simple terms, why allowing the process to go to a secret ballot monitored by the National Labor Review Board is the fairest thing that the Co-op Board can do for its workers.