Grindr used RTO to screw union, labor watchdog claims
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday issued a complaint against California-based LGBTQ dating app Grindr alleging the biz's return-to-office order for staff amounted to unfair labor practises.
By demanding folks get back to their office desks, after said workers formed a union, causing scores of them to quit, the software house broke American labor law, it is claimed.
"The complaint alleges that Grindr implemented a return-to-office plan (causing the termination of about 83 employees) because employees joined the union, and engaged in concerted activities, presented employees with an unlawful severance agreement, and failed and refused to recognize and bargain with the union," the labor watchdog declared in a statement.
The complaint follows from the NLRB's investigation of six unfair labor practice charges filed in August, 2023, by Communication Workers of America (CWA) District 9 – a large union that covers California, Nevada, and Hawaii.
According to the CWA, Grindr workers announced a union on July 20, 2023, and Grindr management answered by hiring a law firm with anti-union credentials. The result of that consultation was a return-to-office mandate, announced on August 4, 2023.
