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Has being in the news as an organizer significantly harmed your job search?
by sf_rob 8y ago
Has being in the news as an organizer significantly harmed your job search?
- JoshTriplett 8y agoHere's an interesting question: The NLRB says you can't fire someone for union organizing, but does it say you can't refuse to hire someone for union organizing?
- bwestergard 8y agoYes, under section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations act. The NLRB publishes a helpful guide to your rights: https://www.nlrb.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/basic-page/node-3024/basicguide.pdf https://www.nlrb.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/basic-p...
- ken 8y agoYes. A friend of mine in college (who had the highest LSAT score of anyone I knew, and went on to become a lawyer) joked that his strategy would be to announce during an interview that he planned to organize, and if he didn't get the job that he would sue them on the grounds that they rejected him for this.
- kevindqc 8y agoGood luck proving that though
- Dirlewanger 8y agoRight, but that's on the same grounds as refusing to hire someone because they're black/Muslim/some other minority of some sorts. Becomes very hard to prove.
- bwestergard 8y agoWe were all fired in late January. I was the only worker to go on record with my real name before finding another job. I had several offers in February an was sitting at a new desk for a job that paid about $10k more by mid-March. Those who had had less experience prior to the job we were fired from had a harder time getting re-employed. Software employers are not yet collaborating to avoid unions, as employers associations in other sectors have historically. There is not yet an organized blacklist for outspoken activists. Unions are certified by card check or secret ballot. In either case, no future employer will ever know whether you supported unionization in a former job. You will always have plausible deniability, and its illegal to ask outright.
- DoofusOfDeath 8y ago> There is not yet an organized blacklist for outspoken activists. I hope you're right, but it's probably hard to know for sure. My skepticism stems from the no-poach cartel discovered a few years ago.
- dmos62 8y agoWiki article on the "no-poach" cartel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...