New York Times interfered with union activism, US labor firm declares
US labor officials have submitted a grievance implicating The New York City Times Co of unlawfully disrupting the arranging efforts of tech workers by disallowing a group of workers from showing union support.
In a grievance dated Dec. 29, an acting regional director of the National Labor Relations Board alleged that the newspaper publisher mistakenly hindered, limited and persuaded employees exercising their rights under federal labor law.
“We strongly disagree with the union’s claims about the supervisory status of particular technology staff members and welcome the opportunity to discuss our position to the board,” Danielle Rhoades Ha, a Times representative, stated in a declaration.
The complaint came in action to an unfair labor practice claim submitted in June by the Communications Employees of America‘s NewsGuild, which represents lots of Times employees and last year launched a project to unionize its tech staffers.
Those workers in April revealed they had formed a union representing about 650 employees, including software application engineers and product supervisors.
The business declined to voluntarily recognize the Times Tech Guild, forcing the problem to continue to an official election through the NLRB.
In the complaint, the NLRB alleged that management in May, during a virtual hearing held by Zoom, told staff members they were disallowed from revealing union support while serving as “intern managers” and has actually continued to preserve that guideline.
The Times Tech Guild in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday stated the NLRB had provided the business the opportunity to settle the charge however it declined. The NLRB will now prosecute the case prior to an administrate judge throughout a hearing in March.
“It’s frustrating to see this reaction, yet another example of a pattern of delays we’ve experienced at every action of our project,” the Times Tech Guild said.
Released at Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:40:17 +0000