No “Finite Fellows” in the Bargaining Unit – the Board Weighs in on Temporary Workers
When it comes to fellowship—and collective bargaining—it looks like “fellows” aren’t treated the same as their permanent status co-workers. In Phoenix News Times, LLC and The Newsguild–CWA, 370 NLRB No. 84 (Feb. 10, 2021), the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or “NLRB”) found that workers employed at a Phoenix newspaper in a fellowship program of finite duration were temporary workers who could not be included in a bargaining unit.
Phoenix News and the Fellows
The Employer Phoenix News Times (the “Employer” or “Phoenix News”) is a news organization. The owner of the Employer maintains a fellowship program to…