Warren Campaign Faces Unfair Labor Charge by Sanders Supporter

[Jose Garcia]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign is facing an unfair labor practice charge alleging its confidentiality agreement with staffers unlawfully prevents them from speaking out on workplace issues.

The Aug. 13 challenge to the campaign’s non-disparagement clause was filed by Jason Legg, a tenant’s rights attorney in Denver, Colo., who supports Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the Democratic nomination. The National Labor Relations Board accepts charges even if the filer isn’t an employee of the organization alleged to be violating federal labor laws.

At least three Democratic campaign offices have unionized—starting with Sanders in March—and are working towards collective bargaining contracts for staff, a new development in presidential campaign politics. Warren’s campaign is the second to be hit with an NLRB charge, after an unidentified former Sanders staffer in July accused campaign officials of unlawful retaliation.

The filing against the Warren campaign by a non-employee who supports one of the candidate’s challengers suggests that both unionized and non-union campaign operations could continue to deal with complaints over issues that are fairly novel in the political campaign space, where unpaid volunteers, confidentiality, and long hours are the norm. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign faced claims of labor violations that were dismissed by the NLRB in early 2018.

More: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/warren-campaign-faces-unfair-labor-charge-by-sanders-supporter

[bluewater]

1. The filing by a non-employee who supports one of the candidate's challengers?

"The filing against the Warren campaign by a non-employee who supports one of the candidate’s challengers..."

You don't need any standing to file an NLRB charge?



"In law, standing or locus standing is the term for the ability of a party to demonstrate to the court sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged to support that party's participation in the case."

[TheRealNorth]

3. No kidding

It's not exactly unheard of for deplorables to pose as a supporter of one democratic candidate to stir up shit on another.

That's Russian trolling 101. It seems that Bloomberg learned nothing from 2016.

[still_one]

2. Another reason why Sanders does not deserve the Democratic nomination

[vsrazdem]

4. Yes of course, lets all pile on Sanders because one of his supporters is a shit stirrer.

[still_one]

7. Hiring Jill Stein supporters to high positions in his campaign was enough for me.

[Blue_true]

12. Ok then. We should expect Sanders to blast the filing as soon as he finds out.

That is what a sound campaign would do.

[LanternWaste]

14. I use to pretend criticism of a sacred cow was a "pile on" too.

But then again, that was back in my drinking days. I'm sober now.

[in2herbs]

8. You mean in addition to the fact that he's not a democrat? nt

[still_one]

10. among other things

[we can do it]

5. Sick and tired of the BS.

[EveHammond13]

6. please.

[JI7]

9. pathetic, reminds me of trump accusing Clinton's

of shit he is guilty of.

[Gothmog]

11. NDAs are not normally a violation of the labor laws

A NDA cannot prevent someone from talking to the government or filing a complaint with a regulator

[crazytown]

13. "if this gets good change--like what happened when Sanders cut down on hours

to make sure wages aren’t being diluted—then that’d be a good thing,” Legg (the complainant) said.

Legg is a Sanders supporter, who has joined the Warren Campaign, complaining that the NDA is overly restrictive. Why didn't he join the Sanders Campaign is the first place? Oh wait.