Labor Organization Files Charge Against Brooklyn Nets For Violating Federal Employment Law by Suspending Kyrie Irving
Labor Organization Files Charge Against Brooklyn Nets For Violating Federal Employment Law by Suspending Kyrie Irving
Many have criticized and condemned Kyrie Irving’s controversial sharing of a film and book that deemed to promote anti-Semitic tropes, which even lead to the Nets suspending Irving, until the completion of a to-do list of six steps he was given.
While Kyrie has apologized in the meantime and seems to be nearing an NBA return, the Labor Organizers filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the Brooklyn Nets, alleging Irving’s suspension violated federal labor law and the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
“Under the [uniform player contract] and CBA a team can terminate … [an] employment contract by first following the waiver protocol. The Brooklyn Nets indefinite suspension of the employee is a tactic to avoid compliance with the waiver protocol. If the employer followed the waiver protocol [Irving’s] contract with the Nets would officially end and [his] free agency period would begin.”
The Labor Organizers has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the Brooklyn Nets, alleging Kyrie Irving’s suspension violated federal labor law and the league’s collective bargaining agreement
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