'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Production Accused of Labor Violations
by EG
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the darling of critics and viewers, but some of the show's employees aren't so in love. The production of being accused of acting unfairly in its labor practices. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is having labor pains. The Emmy-winning Amazon comedy series’ production company, Picrow Streaming, has been accused by IATSE Local 52 in New York of making “coercive statements” and “changes in terms of conditions of employment” in violation of federal labor law that prohibits discriminating against employees because of their union activities. The allegations are currently under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board.
The union’s charge, obtained from the NLRB through an FOIA request, claims that over the past six months, Picrow has violated the National Labor Relations Act “by its discriminatory treatment of union shop stewards and supporters” who “made complaints to management regarding hours and other working conditions during the film production of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
A copy of the union’s charge, in which the names of a shop steward and a supervisor have been redacted, alleges that “The production team has retaliated against [name redacted] and other members of Local 52 because of this union activity. To which, [name redacted] threatened to remove Local 52 members from the film crew and threatened to never hire [name redacted] again. The production team in fact recently offered [name redacted] a position in the Season 3 production that is a demotion from…Season 2.”
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