The New York Times Co. agreed to stop restricting technology workers who oversee interns from expressing support for a union, settling a case brought by federal labor officials.
The Times “agreed with the National Labor Relations Board that nonsupervisory product design employees acting as temporary intern managers have the right to show support for a union, including through display of union insignia,” spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said Thursday in an email.
In a December complaint, the board accused the Times of illegally interfering with workers’ organizing rights by telling those designated as “intern managers” that they were prohibited from showing ...
