WGA East Files Unfair Labor Practice Against Media Company BDG Over Recent Layoffs
thewrap.comtook to Twitter in a livestream, showing themselves delivering what appeared to a Valentine to BDG chief executive Bryan Goldberg.
However, the item was actually an unfair labor act charge, which the group filed hours prior.The writers’ actions come after BDG allegedly laid off 39 unit members, with three active union members — Collette Reitz, former editor at “Elite Daily;” Emma Sarran Webster, former editor at “Mic,” and Sophie Worm, former video editor at “Some Spider.” The members say the company never shared a reason for their decision to layoff the three union supporters.“These three unit members did not squarely fit into the categories BDG laid out to the WGAE representatives – or in the Company’s public messaging – regarding the layoffs.
However, all three were regularly engaged in protected, concerted activity on behalf of the union of which management was well aware,” reads a release.In addition to the layoffs, the website Gawker Media was also shut down.
The members’ second claim is related to actions the group says BDG took place on Monday, Feb. 6, after unit members came together.
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