STEEL UNION WINS NLRB COMPLAINT AGAINST UNFAIR FIRINGS OF UNION WORKWERS
Hello Neighbor, a nonprofit in Pittsburgh, agreed July 5 to a settlement in which they paid more than $198,000 for unfair labor practices involving five employees unlawfully terminated for union activities and a supervisor terminated for refusing to commit unfair labor practices. The settlement includes remediating the denial of wage increases to 22 workers plus backpay and interest.
Hello Neighbor agreed to the terms after the United Steelworkers brought a complaint before the Region 6-Pittsburgh office of the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB upheld the complaint and oversaw the settlement.
In addition to the terms above, the company agreed to post and email a notice of the settlement to all their workers hired since January 2023, for one year post an explanation of their rights to organize under the National Labor Relations Act, and rescind the company policy of requiring employees to sign confidentially agreements and agreements not to publicly criticize the company. They must also notify workers who had already signed these agreements that they were no longer in effect.
