{"id":1791772,"date":"2021-09-29T14:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791772"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:03:57","slug":"union-accuses-mapbox-of-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/09\/union-accuses-mapbox-of-retaliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Accuses Mapbox of Retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t think the Mapbox unionization story is over. Last week the Mapbox Workers Union accused Mapbox of retaliating against union organizers<\/a>, several of whom, they say, have been abruptly fired. Retaliation is against U.S. labour law, and they\u2019re filing unfair labour practice charges in that vein.<\/p>\n

Previously: Mapbox Union Drive Fails<\/a>; Mapbox Employees Trying to Unionize<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t think the Mapbox unionization story is over. Last week the Mapbox Workers Union accused Mapbox of retaliating against union organizers, several of whom, they say, have been abruptly fired. Retaliation is against U.S.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[358,1535,1534],"class_list":["post-1791772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-industry","tag-mapbox","tag-unionization","tag-unions","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1807725,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/nlrb-files-complaint-against-mapbox\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791772,"position":0},"title":"NLRB Files Complaint Against Mapbox","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 June 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Mapbox for retaliating against organizers of last year\u2019s failed unionization effort. If no settlement is reached, a hearing is set for October. See Protocol\u2019s coverage and the case listing on the NLRB website.","rel":"","context":"In "Industry"","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1791539,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/08\/mapbox-union-drive-fails\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791772,"position":1},"title":"Mapbox Union Drive Fails","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 August 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The results of the Mapbox unionization vote were announced today: Mapbox employees have voted 123 to 81 against forming a union. More at Protocol and Reuters. 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