(h/t anonymous, submitted via ask)
The lack of comment on their staff's unionization a few months ago seems to have been a sign of things to come. Via the Friends of Trevor United, at the beginning of the month the nonprofit committed to cuts of over 10% of its employees. The union alleges this took place during a bargaining session, and furthermore that the nonprofit threatened employees and union members:
At 9:15am PST, as many of our members and overnight staff were still sleeping, The Trevor Project announced layoffs effective immediately... while our union representatives were in an active bargaining session regarding the terms of these layoffs.
Trevor lawyers threatened to proceed with layoffs and withhold severance in order to pressure our representatives into accepting a lesser package. This is bad-faith bargaining and blatant union busting.
Our union made every attempt to bargain in good faith. We gave Trevor leadership an opportunity to demonstrate care, compassion, and basic decency in this process, and they refused.
Trevor has again strayed away from its values and mission. They've chosen "business-needs" and profit over care for the very LGBTQ+ community they are meant to serve.
Trevor publicly boasts of the importance of BIPOC mental health, Trans visibility and inclusion, the critical need for disability justice, yet they actively and consistently harm their BIPOC, trans, and disabled staff.
In the deadliest year for our LGBTQ+ community, Trevor leadership has made it clear we're nothing but a line item in their budget.
