TLDR: we know these people do not deserve a business, please help us defend ourselves from mistreatment if possible. we are all desperate.
Illinois. me and my coworkers are part of a union. do we have legal or union grounds to stand on to take some type of action?
6 employees total, only 4 in the building. My boss's wife is the listed owner of the franchise, while my boss is the only one who comes into the office. their daughter is employed by them, too, yet she's never in the office. the rest of us have only been employed for closer to 1 year than 5 due to turnover.
literally every day, sometimes multiple times every hour, my boss' disabled wife and daughter call seeking to ask him to do something, which he regularly argues and refuses to do. if he doesn't answer right away his wife will keep calling, and eventually call the building, where i have to deal with her frustration and his subsequent fist-slamming and swearing as he's forced to answer the phone upon transfer. he yells. he raises his voice over the phone every day, multiple times a day.
his daughter has been asked to essentially remove herself from contacting us as much as possible bc she's the main reason for turnover. i was supposed to report to her at one point but she kept losing her shit at me and calling her dad who–as i was in earshot–raises his voice at her, saying “get her shit together,” etc.
we sit 20ft away from each other in a small suite of a building. we all agree they're terrible people; we talk.
recent toxic nepo example: the wife has called me 30 minutes before closing to coordinate an in-process photo with my coworker, only for me to find the job is complete and we cannot do as she asks; next morning we hear her mutter over the phone (she's not in office) about how she doesnt understand why it wasn't completed, as if she believes we cannot hear her. my boss yelled that we could hear her, while my coworker chimed in that it just wasn't possible while i mentioned how late she asked for the request.
recent sexist example: he asked “the girls” to decorate for Christmas and also sweep the back for the new year; while the “men” were tasked with inventory, which they didn't do. i made a point to my woman coworker that we weren't sweeping anything.
my coworkers and I on a daily basis have to hear swearing and yelling from my boss, while sometimes we hear him say awful things to his wife and adult child. it makes us all think we will receive the same treatment, WHICH WE HAVE.
please help us.