Media Matters for America and the Service International Employees Union Local 500 are facing off in a labor dispute, the Washington Examiner reports.
The SEIU branch, which covers Maryland and Washington D.C., filed a representation petition last week with the National Labor Relations Board.
The petition shows that Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog, hired lawyers from the firm Perkins Coie to represent it, indicating that the group is providing some resistance to the unionization attempt.
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“In addition to NLRB-conducted elections, federal law provides employees a second path to choose a representative: They may persuade an employer to voluntarily recognize a union after showing majority support by signed authorization cards or other means,” says the NLRB’s website.
Though the docket for the petition provides no detail, Media Matters’ resistance is ironic given its opposition to conservatives who have been critical of unionization attempts.
The progressive outlet routinely criticizes Fox News and other conservative outlets that push back against labor issues. They’ve also targeted conservatives who have been critical of SEIU’s organization tactics.
Read more:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/17/r...p-in-response-to-seiu-petition/#ixzz2zCQBFRKl
