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المقال

1 إبريل 2021

الكاتب:
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai & Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice

USA: Union files charge with NLRB, accusing McDonald's of unlawful surveillance of workers and union organisers involved in ‘Fight for $15’ minimum wage campaign

“‘Fight for $15’ Files Charges Against McDonald’s for Illegally Spying on Workers”, 01 April 2021

The fast food labor activist campaign Fight for $15 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against McDonald's, accusing the company of illegally spying on its workers.

On Thursday, the National Fast Food Workers Union … filed the charge with the National Labor Relations Board, which accuses McDonald's of engaging in "unlawful surveillance of workers and union organizers participating in the Fight for $15 campaign, using tactics including extensive monitoring of social media activity.”…

Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, it is illegal for employers to interfere with workers' right to engage in concerted activities, form unions, and organize, and illegal for employers to surveil or create the impression of surveillance of these activities.

"We believe there’s a clear violation of the [labor law], which prohibits interference with employees' union activity and their right to act in a coordinated way," said Daniel Rosenthal, the attorney for Fight For $15 who filed the charge.

… [I]f the NLRB finds sufficient evidence that McDonald's broke the law, it will issue a formal complaint and McDonald's will have the opportunity to settle. If the company chooses not to settle, it will face a hearing before an administrative judge and can be required to post notices at its worksites informing workers of their rights to organize free from retaliation…