New oneans, loulslana- Nauonal labor Relauons Bcavd hu a by char eand Apnl 23,1ma Dear uahonal labor Relauohs Baaid, lam wr. ng as a (eacher employee oi lusher chaner School New orleans, a pubhc char(er school l5 sublec( (o and con(rol oi "Advocates ior Ans Based Educauon aoard oi Lushev chaner School" (School Board) As wn(e [hls le((er, a small percen(age oi my coworkers are m(eres(ed a umon and (he School Board has (oday yo(ed on whe(her (o vecagnlze (he umon wllhout a secre( ballo( elec(lon. lam n(eres-ed belng a member oi (he Unlled teachers oi New Orleans (Unlan) and [ms has caused a grea( deal oi (urmoll (n my .ob, I have reylewed your webslte lrllovmallorl and (he Mum (ml and haye spoken w.(h acoualn(ances oi mlne who are a((orneys lam ior your pro(ec(.on under (he (o pro(ec( my "gm (o decllne paruclpabon umon orgamzahon, As you are well aware, under Sectlons 7 and oi (he Ac(, employees may no( be coerced by a labor umon or agen(s .n (he Exelclse oi under(he Au, one oi(he ngh(s prouec(ed by (he Act '5 (he ngh( (o irom pamtlpallon .n umon am lcan speakon my own behaliand iormany coworkers olmlne whoshare my sen(lmems and expellences. am exuemely and d.s(urbed (ha( durlng [ms many oi us have been coerced (n (he exelclse oiour me rhe umon, Lushev (eacher suppor(ers/members (LlnloanezchevsAgents), and (he pres.den( oi (he School Board (along wen (wo oi m5 subordma(es/coworkers .n pnya-e employmen(l haye acced concen (o deny our under(he Mum and haye comm.((ed seyeral url'zlv labor pracuces. The Board members a( lssue and unloaneachelsAgents are all "agems" oi (he Llnlorl because (hey are on behali, (he iur(herahce oi, and under(he oi(he Unloh (o galn members and suppomng (eachers a( our school. the (eachers who haye ekerclsed (hen mm" (o reiram irom .n umon am (y haye been pressured, bqued, and iorced (o 5|ng a umon peuuoh by (he We haye been shunned by(he unloaneachevsAgents, We haye been lledsm and mampula(ed by (he Llnlon and UnlonJeachevs Agenrs We haye been pulled ou( oiourclasses duvlng .ns(ruc(.oh (.me our s(uden(s (o answer ouesuohs oiour yery angvy coworker Unlonrl'eachevsAgents, Nek(, (he has breached du(y (o levly represeh( (he lusher employees the Unloh and LlnloaneachevsAgents haye ac(ed avbluavlly, and .n bad ial(h (n (hen umon dnye by means oiiraud, dece.(, and dlshones(y, runhermore, (he Umon knows (hey haye 30% real suppor( oi (he (eachers and ano(her approxlmalely 111m coerced suppor( irom (he (eachers who slgned (he umon pelltlon. rhereiore, under (he no (he Unlan canno( accep( recognmon irom lusher knawlng (ha( (he does no( away (he uncoerced suppor( oi a malarlty oi(he employees seeks (o represen( las(, (he School Board us (he ac(ual orcommonrlaw employers oi (he (eachers, and (hus under (he Act canno( meddle or .n(eriere wlth, res(ra.n, or coerce employees .n (he ekerclse oi (hen up". our School Bcavd presldenl has done ekac(ly (hose (hmgs. lie has been .ns(rumen(al .n (he Unlorl (o our school, he and a((ended meehngs oulslde oi m5 oiilclal dunes as a pubhc school board member He '5 hlsown agenda (o unlonlze (he school desplte under (he Act. He has a oi benefits by grleyances irom employees duvlng (he Ur!an campalgh. He has memve'y quesuaned emp'ayees about thew awn mwovkevs' uhmh game; sympalmes, As you can see, he has seveval unlaw \abm pvarmes dumg so. wease pmlert the thIs an Iezrhevs at Lushev undel the Au, mdudmg pmlemng my \denmy as a and wmsuebmwev. \zm omuany askmg mm m; may be (ansldeved a chavge undev me Mum agamsl me Uhued Teamevs a! New leeans UmLm, the Uhlonrl'eachewlgenls oi lushev Chanel mm, and me Pvesldent Mme Scham mam. I ask ma! me Scham Beam, me Ummv and (he UnwuanezrhevrAgents be \mmedwalely stepped hum lelzhaung teachers who mvesugalmn, and velvam hum Inlhe umlm mm, In closmg, I warm the NLRB emmh the 5mm Board Pvesldem, the man, and me Unlonrl'eachelrngems undev 2 mm hum (untlnulng unlaw \abov pvamces I have medm makelms leuevzs bnelas pessmle and may need mme .hvmmamh movemwam wuh chavge, and vequesls mease do hm hesllalem mmzu Sincevely, Redacted vevsmn to New leeans Advocate Newspapel