Workers at Leading Abortion Researcher Vote to Join Union
Guttmacher Institute employees cited the need for pay equity, clearer pathways to promotion and better working conditions among their concerns.
Abortion rights demonstrators during a national day of protest in Lansing, Michigan, US, on Monday, July 4, 2022.
Photographer: Emily Elconin/BloombergEmployees at the Guttmacher Institute, a leading researcher of abortion and reproductive health care, voted to join a union following allegations of a “toxic” work culture and retention problems.
Workers voted 61-2 to join OPEIU Local 153, according to a tweet on Tuesday from the research organization’s verified Twitter account. That follows their efforts to organize earlier this year, citing the need for pay equity, clearer pathways to promotion and better working conditions among their concerns.