Sam Heyne talked to Jezebel about being fired from the nation's leading abortion rights research group, hours after she helped her colleagues unionize.
When Heyne asked why, “They said, ‘Well, we’ll talk about that when you have your union rep with you,’” she told Jezebel. “[They] ended the call and then immediately locked me out of my computer. They took over my screen, shut everything down, and that was it.”Guttmacher, in a statement to Jezebel, disputed that Heyne’s firing was related to her organizing efforts. “We categorically deny the allegation of retaliation. This personnel decision has nothing whatsoever to do with the Union election.
Word of Heyne’s termination spread quickly through reproductive advocacy arena. Workers from clinics and nonprofits had closely followed Guttmacher’s union drive. The organization is the world’s leading think tank on reproductive healthcare; its research makes accurate writing about abortion and reproductive healthcare possible. But it’s recently been plagued byImmediately, OPEIU Local 153 started an email campaign to reinstate Heyne. As of 3:35 pm E.T.
congratulations to the staff. “On behalf of our leadership team, we congratulate staff and look forward to a collaborative and successful relationship. Onward!” she wrote.“I saw the statement,” Heyne told me. “I think that Guttmacher leadership should be true to the to the statements that they’re putting out.
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