A settlement was reached in the dispute between workers and management of the Jimmy John's sandwich chain over a unionization vote by Minneapolis-area employees in October. Workers had charged that the company had broken the law by taking part in anti-union activities in an effort to sabotage the election, in which union supporters were narrowly defeated. The NLRB settlement sets aside the October election result, and allows another unionization vote within 18 months. In addition, the settlement secured a promise by company officials not to tamper with union efforts to organize in the future.
See "Labor Board Overturns Vote by Sandwich Shop Workers", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, January 10, 2011