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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Union claimed that there is a racial disparity in the legal nonprofit's return-to-work policy and organized an employee protest Monday. The union aimed to "protest management's forcing mostly Black women employees to return to the office while allowing the option of remote work for white and higher-paid employees."
Members of the Southern Poverty Law Center Union held a picket outside headquarters to protest alleged racial disparities in the organization's return to office policies.
Union representing Southern Poverty Law Center protests | 2022-03-29 07:42:58
The union said a unit made up primarily of Black women is being required to return to the office and not being given telework opportunities.
The union representing workers at the Southern Poverty Law Center protested Monday in front of the civil rights group's headquarters, saying there are racial disparities in the organization's plans to return to the office after pandemic restrictions are eased.