Pickets appeared Friday morning at McCumbers Glass in Marysville over what a union representative says are issues involving wages, benefits and working conditions — but a co-owner of the business says its 12 employees don't want a union.
Karen McCumber said the picketing in front of the commercial glass business at 802 Yuba St. is new but that the local company has faced pickets at job sites for about the past two years.
"They're upset because we won't join the union," she said. "Our employees said 'no.'"
Sammy Trujillo, organizer for District Council 16 in Sacramento, an international union of painters and allied trades, said the picketing in Marysville by union members began at about 5:45 a.m. and was to continue throughout the day. Signs the pickets carried said McCumbers is unfair and Trujillo said the company doesn't meet area standards.
Trujillo said additional details about the labor action will be made available later and that the effort is in its early stages. The union represents groups that include glaziers, architectural metal and glass workers.
McCumber said she has asked why the business is described as unfair, but she hasn't been told.
By Ryan McCarthy/Appeal-Democrat
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