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Two online commentators complained about running 18 hours a day and receiving food from Krispy Kreme or Subway. Penn saw “narcissism” and “betrayal. “
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By Colin Moynihan
A nonprofit co-founded through Sean Penn is facing a hearing from the National Labor Relations Board for implicitly threatening workers after court cases over long hours and food served in a Covid-19 vaccination effort.
In January, the Community Organized Relief Effort played a key role in a vaccine management operation in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
The paintings were praised, but an unnamed online comment published in reaction to a New York Times article at the end of the month about vaccines said painters painted up to 18 hours a day. of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Subway sandwiches, foods described in the Times report as on site.
Soon, core painters gained a long and passionate email from Penn. He wrote that he was grateful for his paintings and aware of his daily work in “the race opposed to mutations and the fight opposed to existing strains of Covid-19. “
It also gave the impression of recommending that online commentators were to blame for “reckless narcissism” and “widespread treason. “
And Penn proposed that those who might feel susceptible to complaining online in the middle of a pandemic simply leave the organization.
“All of us who are predisposed to a culture of complaint, we have a much easier trail than widespread cybernetic groans,” he wrote. “It’s called quitting smoking. “
A senior lawyer in Los Angeles read the message after it was published in early February, along with an accompanying article, via the Los Angeles Times. That attorney, Daniel B. Rojas, said penn’s comments seemed illegal to him and that he temporarily filed a complaint. Qualify with the NLRB The NLRB procedure states that an allegation is pursued through an investigation, which would possibly result in a complaint or dismissal.
In this case, the N. L. R. B. filed a complaint, dated Oct. 25, alleging that Penn’s email violated federal hard work laws. Penn, the complaint added, had “implicitly threatened” workers with retaliation or firing.
A hearing before an administrative ruling is scheduled for January.
An attorney for CORE and Penn said “by precept and merit,” or rejected an offer to the N. L. R. B. that did not involve any fine or financial payment, and will “vigorously challenge and fight” the accusation.
“Despite its utter lack of legal basis, the general suggestion and the regional director of the NLRB have to waste federal resources and taxpayer cash by filing a misguided and baseless lawsuit, even as CORE continues its revolutionary work,” said attorney Mathew S. Rosengart. . The movements of the N. L. R. B. to divert the core of their all-important project in a case where no worker has been injured are shameful. »
In May, Rosengart and two colleagues sent a letter to the NLRB alleging that the complaint about long working hours was false and that Rojas’ allegations were “totally frivolous” and would be dismissed. Penn’s email, the lawyers added, was “a cry of motivation. . “
NLRBA General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said on Thursday: “While CORE does vital and admirable work, like all employers, it will have to respect the right of its workers under the National Labor Relations Act to interact in protected concerted activities, such as discussing issues of non-unusual interest to each other and bringing office considerations to the public, federal agencies or other third parties.
This week, Rojas explained his explanation of why to file a complaint, writing in an email: “It’s not self-centered or anti-American to talk about your salary or running situations with the public. “
F. D. A. booster injections for millions of recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson vaccines
Oui. La F. D. A. has updated its authorizations to allow medical providers to spice up other people with a different vaccine than the one they won in the first place, a strategy known as “mix and match. “If Moderna won, Johnson
The C. D. C. stated that situations that qualify a user for a booster injection include: high blood pressure and central disease; diabetes or obesity; cancer or blood disorders; weakened immune system; chronic lung, kidney, or liver disease; dementia and some disabilities. Current and former pregnant women and smokers are also eligible.
The promoters of the F. D. A. allowed whose paintings expose them to a great threat of exposure to potentially infectious people. The C. D. C says this organization includes: medical emergencies; schooling; food and agriculture; production; correctional U. S. Postal Service EmployeesUSA; transit grocery store employees.
The C. D. C says the Covid vaccine can be given regardless of the schedule of other vaccines, and many pharmacy sites allow other people to schedule a flu shot at the same time as a booster dose.
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