Fighting Anti-Abortion Extremists And The Boss
New York - Sam Heyne, a young, newly hired HR worker, was stunned by the number of workers who were quitting and the frequent accounts she was hearing about toxic behavior from bosses.
“It became abundantly clear that there needed to be a culture change, and the only way…was to start a union,” Heyne says.
Before long, Heyne was caught up in the long-brewing organizing drive at the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a prestigious research and advocacy arm for the reproductive rights movement.
After months of strategizing, with Heyne working on the group’s internal communications, workers won an overwhelming victory in July 2022, 63-2, to join Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153.
The celebration didn’t last long; within two hours, Heyne was fired.