Fortune Magazine Bypassed Union on Covid Survey, NLRB Judge Says

March 13, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

The publisher of Fortune magazine illegally sidestepped a union with its handling of a survey on Covid-19 vaccination status and return to work, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

Fortune Media Group also violated federal labor law by unilaterally adopting a performance evaluation program and changing work conditions via a new handbook, Administrative Law Judge Benjamin Green said in his Monday ruling. In addition, the company illegally ordered workers not to discuss wage increases, he held.

The case stems from a dispute between Fortune and the NewsGuild of New York, an affiliate of the Communication Workers of America ...

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