Back in August the RWDSU filed an Unfair Labor Practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over Sonny Kim’s failure to negotiate in good faith. At the best of times the NLRB moves slowly, add in the 7 week government shutdown and progress has become glacial. However in December they did finally look at the complaint and concluded that it had a strong basis, so it is going to a court hearing, most likely in late January.
If the court rules in the union’s favor Sonny will have to return to the negotiating table and hopefully negotiate for real this time.