Market Basket Employee Complains About Hostile Work Environment

An employee of Market Basket, the New England grocery chain rocked by worker protests, has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the company of creating a hostile work environment.

Market Basket, a closely held company embroiled in a decades-long feud among members of the family that controls the business, engaged in unfair labor practices by violating the right to picket and strike, according to the charge filed by Karen Bostwick, who is listed as a resident of Lowell, Massachusetts. The company also threatened to fire protesting employees, according to the NLRB document. Bostwick and Market Basket couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.