Nathan DuCongé

“We essentially had no choice. If we wanted to get to an election, I had to sacrifice my eligibility as a worker,”

Nathan DuCongé · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

DuCongé explained he had to sacrifice his eligibility as a worker after AutoZone promoted him to a supervisor position to challenge his union election eligibility.

“They had sent in a whole fleet of managers, they were flying in people from around the country, and it was very bizarre, because even customers were kind of noticing how many managers were in the store,”

Nathan DuCongé · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

DuCongé described AutoZone sending in numerous regional and corporate managers after the union organizing drive was discovered.

“They were pulling people into the back. They had these long meetings where they would read: ‘Hey, we don’t think that the union is good. Here’s all the reasons why,’”

Nathan DuCongé · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

DuCongé described AutoZone management holding mandatory meetings where they read anti-union statements to workers.

“I just remember that being very low, but I needed it very badly, and so I accepted the job,”

Nathan DuCongé · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

DuCongé reflected on starting as a sales associate making minimum wage at an AutoZone store in White Plains, New York.

“For a job that just essentially pays minimum wage, it just makes no sense, that you’re doing all of this work, which essentially is service sales, and you’re also expected to upsell certain products too.”

Nathan DuCongé · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

DuCongé described the heavy workload expected of employees earning minimum wage at AutoZone.