Under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), anti-union consultants must file a Form LM-20 report with the Department of Labor 30 days of being hired by an anti-union employer for the purposes of meeting directly with organizing employees. The reason this reporting standard exists is because workers and the public have the right to know when union-busters are hired to directly "persuade" workers.
On March 23, LaborLab documented five instances of union-busters violating the law:
- Maria Coombs, CEO of The CCG Group was hired by Station Casinos, LLC on 12/03/2019 to bust organizing workers in Nevada. They violated the law by not reporting their union-busting activities until March, 2022.
- Simon Jara, President of Pinnacle Labor Solutions, Inc. was hired by KDP on 06/22/2021 to bust organizing workers in California. They violated the law by not reporting their union-busting activities until March, 2022.
- Simon Jara was also hired by B&H on 07/18/2021 to bust organizing workers in New York. Once again, they violated the law by not reporting their union-busting activities until March, 2022.
- Simon Jara was also hired by Cisco Foods on 03/01/2021 to bust organizing workers in California. Again, they violated the law by not reporting their union-busting activities until March, 2022.
- Simon Jara was also hired by Green Chef on 10/4/2021 to bust organizing workers in California. And, for a fourth time (!), they violated the law by not reporting their union-busting activities until March, 2022.
Simon Jara is clearly a very bad boy. Unfortunately, the LMRDA does not provide any civil penalties for late filings. The Office of Labor-Management Services does have the authority to bring a civil action to compel a filing. Additionally, the LMRDA provides criminal penalties for a willful failure to file if prosecuted.
This report was published on March 23, 2022
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