Homeless Shelter Provider Accused of Violating Rights of Striking IT Workers

One of New York’s largest nonprofit homeless shelter service providers is charged with violating federal labor law by threatening to permanently replace IT workers on strike since November, according to new charges filed Wednesday.

United Auto Workers Local 2325 accuses CAMBA Inc. of failing to bargain in good faith, retaliating against workers and threatening to replace staffers since they went on strike after more than a year of trying to bargain a first contract. The union submitted two separate complaints to the National Labor Relations Board, alleging half a dozen violations of federal labor law.

Among them, the union accused the Brooklyn-based non-profit of having “subcontracted or threatened to subcontract work in retaliation for employees’ protected activity” and of dodging its “bargaining obligation,” according to a copy of the charges obtained by THE CITY…

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