A Vegan Meat Company Purged Its Pro-Labor Employees.

Workers Say An Anti-Union Drive Prompted the Firings.

The Appeal (5/19/20):

In early 2020, No Evil Foods fought back a drive by employees to unionize its production facility in Weaverville under the United Food and Commercial Workers International union (UFCW). Over a half dozen current and former employees who spoke with The Appeal described a hostile union-busting campaign, complete with frequent “captive audience” meetings—required meetings billed as “educational” sessions in which management effectively tries to kill organizing drives. Workers who spoke with The Appeal requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation from their bosses.

In late March, workers circulated a petition calling for hazard pay as COVID-19 outbreaks began appearing in food processing plants around the country. Before the petition was presented, however, No Evil offered a temporary hazard pay raise. But a month after a production worker posted the petition online, several pro-union workers and others who had signed it were fired in rapid succession.