HOWARD v. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, LLC et al

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COMPLAINT against All Defendants with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-4367752) filed by RYAN JAMES HOWARD. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Exhibit L, # 13 Exhibit M, # 14 Exhibit N, # 15 Exhibit O, # 16 Exhibit P, # 17 Exhibit Q, # 18 Exhibit R, # 19 Exhibit S, # 20 Exhibit T, # 21 Exhibit U, # 22 Civil Cover Sheet, # 23 Summons AL JAZEERA AMERICA, LLC, # 24 Summons LIAM J. COLLINS, # 25 Summons DEBORAH DAVIES)(Herman, Andrew)

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Al Jazeera America Will Not Recognize Union: NLRB Elections Underway

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After several weeks, the management at Al Jazeera America (AJAM) has decided not to
recognize the union drive announced by its digital staffers on Sept. 3, putting into motion
an election in which votes will be cast by employees and administered by the National
Labor Relations Board, International Business Times has learned from a source with direct
knowledge of the matter. 
Elections began Tuesday. The company did not respond to a request for comment.
The NewsGuild of New York's president, Peter Szekely, provided a statement to IBT: “While
we are disappointed that Al Jazeera America management did not voluntarily recognize
its digital employees’ decision to join a union, we are confident that the will of the
newsroom will be reflected in the NLRB election that begins today."

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"We look forward to counting the votes next Tuesday, and to negotiating a contract that

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will help make Al Jazeera America the best news organization it can be," he added.
Employees complain about pay discrepancies, lack of communication between labor and
management, and uncertainty about the direction of the site as a whole. If employees
vote for the union and the NLRB certifies the results, then AJAM must recognize the union,
as required by federal law.

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A source told IBT the workers had filed with the NLRB the same day they announced their

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union drive, in case the management did not recognize the drive willingly. 
AJAM, which is seen as a left-leaning, idealistic contrast to the commercialized corporate

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news organizations based elsewhere in the U.S., originally responded to the unionization
effort with ambiguity.
The company told IBT earlier this month, "We are currently considering the request to

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voluntarily recognize the NewsGuild as the exclusive bargaining representative of the

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digital department employees. We have no further comment at this time.”

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Mark Mazur · Works at Troy Design & Manufacturing
Without labor nothing prospers. -SOPHOCLES
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1 · Sep 30, 2015 10:48pm

Mark Mazur · Works at Troy Design & Manufacturing
UNION! YES!
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1 · Sep 30, 2015 10:46pm

Robert Walton
Nice to see Al jezeera and Scott Walker have a lot in common.
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1 · Sep 30, 2015 9:33pm

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