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Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional
- Grocery chain tries new argument to fight union-busting charge
- Decision on constitutionality is unlikely before an appeal
A Trader Joe's grocery store in New York.
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Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.
At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board hearing in Connecticut, an attorney for Trader Joe’s told the judge considering union-busting allegations against it that the company wished to introduce a new argument in its defense.