eBay Pressured to Reinstate Quietly Deleted Union-Support Policy

Online marketplace eBay Inc. must restore language to its website spelling out its support for employee unionization rights, a pair of major investors said.

The New York city and state comptrollers’ offices are pressing the e-commerce giant to bring back a sentence in its sweeping online Human Rights Policy Statement that supports workers’ rights to organize, and to adhere to that policy. The pressure comes as the lone eBay subsidiary which is unionized has been battling accusations of union-busting activities and unfair contract negotiations.

The longstanding policy says the company strives to conduct its business in a “manner consistent with ...