Palermo's Pizza, the scene of a year-long worker dispute, said Tuesday it has agreed to rehire eight workers with back pay and has asked the National Labor Relations Board to set a date for a union election.
"We have reluctantly agreed to this settlement, despite believing that the facts strongly support our position," Palermo President and CEO Giacomo Fallucca said in a statement.
Rather than continue to draw out the process and go to court, Fallucca said, the company agrees to the settlement "with reservation so that an election can take place." He said the company did not admit any fault in making the negotaited settlement.
As part of the settlement, eight of 116 former workers will be rehired and receive back pay. One of the eight has already been rehired and returned to work late last year.
The NLRB ruled earlier this year that did Palermo not violate labor relations laws when it fired 75 workers last year as part of an immigration audit, and did not use the audit as retaliation for efforts to unionize the plant.
The decision by the NLRB's Office of the General Counsel in Washington denies an appeal filed by the Palermo Workers Union, working with Voces de la Frontera, alleging unfair labor practices by Palermo's. The organizations claimed the company fired workers in retaliation for union-organizing efforts.
However, the NLRB has also ruled that Palermo's unlawfully fired nine workers, including two temporary workers, in retaliation for engaging in or supporting the strike and union activity.
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