The companies are petulant as well. Punishing and retaliating against union organizers is petulant and childish. Hiring someone for 32 hours a week, and then

The companies are petulant as well. Punishing and retaliating against union organizers is petulant and childish. Hiring someone for 32 hours a week, and then refusing to schedule them for the last 8 hours to avoid turning them into a "full time" employee, is petulant and petty. Harassment/intimidation is petty and petulant. Punishing someone off the clock is petulant. Requiring company-branded aprons while on the clock and then requiring employees to purchase and maintain the aprons is petty. Antagonism is what you get when you treat workers antagonistically.