The National Audubon Society took the extreme legal position that federal laws meant to protect American workers are unconstitutional. The claim, filed in a response to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against the conservation nonprofit for violating the law, echoed Elon Musk’s Space X in questioning the constitutionality of federal labor laws.
Earlier this month, the NLRB issued a complaint against the National Audubon Society for violating federal labor laws and unlawfully discriminating against its own employees for union membership. The complaint consolidates eleven instances when Audubon broke the law and violated the rights of its union workforce, represented by the Communications Workers of America (Bird Union-CWA Local 1180).
Echoing the anti-worker strategy pioneered by Elon Musk’s Space X, Audubon’s response to the NLRB complaint questioned the authority of NLRB administrative judges and claimed that, “The [National Labor Relations Act], as interpreted and/or applied in this matter, is unconstitutional.” While notorious labor law violators like Amazon and Starbucks have copied Musk’s unusual legal defense, the National Audubon Society appears to be the first nonprofit to do so.
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love when nonprofits spend a whole bunch of money litigating some batshit legal interpretation instead of like, pursuing their mission that they raised that money for. Delightful.