eBay is slashing the roles of 220 employees at TCGplayer’s card authentication heart in Syracuse, New York, as reported earlier by local news outlet LocalSyr. eBay will transfer the web buying and selling card market’s operations to a warehouse in Kentucky — a choice TCGplayer’s union claims is eBay’s try and “evade its bargaining obligations.”
TCGplayer and eBay additionally canceled their assembly to finalize the union’s first contract simply days earlier than eBay revealed that it’s closing the Syracuse location.
The CWA has since filed another unfair labor practice cost with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing eBay of “terminating the employment” of employees to keep away from bargaining. On Monday, the CWA claimed that eBay employed safety guards at TCGplayer’s Syracuse authentication heart which have “created an oppressive ambiance by bodily and verbally harassing workers.”
“This was a troublesome resolution. We acknowledge the near-term affect it can have on our workers, their households and the Syracuse group, and we’re devoted to caring for our individuals throughout this transition,” an eBay spokesperson informed LocalSyr. eBay didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.
“Deploying safety guards to stalk us instantly after letting us know that we’d all be shedding our jobs is psychological warfare,” Zach Freeman, an eBay employee and TCGunion-CWA Native 1123 member stated in a press launch. “By unleashing this brutal surveillance and intimidation marketing campaign, TCGplayer and eBay are doing every part of their energy to punish us for exercising our federally-protected rights to arrange.”