The New York Times has been accused of illegal interference in employees’ union activism, according to a legal complaint by federal labor officials.
In a complaint dated Dec. 29th, an acting director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged that members of The New York Times management told employees during a Zoom call last May that they were forbidden from showing union support while acting as “intern managers”—a policy which the NLRB claims has continued unabated. The complaint alleges that employees were discouraged from using pro-union avatars and backgrounds in apps such as Slack and Google Meet.
