Staff at the National Audubon Society called off a strike planned for this week after the conservation group and its employee union reached a tentative agreement on collective bargaining.
Audubon’s employee union reached a tentative three-year deal with the organization’s management after more than two years of bargaining, the Bird Union announced on social media.
The union, represented by the Communications Workers of America, called off its plans to go on a three-day strike from Sept. 10 to 12. The Bird Union had announced in August that it planned to strike “in response to the nonprofit’s continued violation of workers’ rights under federal labor laws” as the union and the green group fought over pay and benefits.
Audubon is one of several major environmental organizations where workers and management have struggled to finalize labor contracts in recent years after a unionization wave. A planned strike at the Sierra Club was also averted earlier this year when that group’s management and employee union reached a deal ahead of a scheduled picket.
