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Labor Organization Files Charge Against Brooklyn Nets For Violating Federal Employment Law by Suspending Kyrie Irving

Many have criticized and condemned Kyrie Irving’s controversial sharing of a film and book that deemed to promote anti-Semitic tropes, which even lead to the Nets suspending Irving, until the completion of a to-do list of six steps he was given.

While Kyrie has apologized in the meantime and seems to be nearing an NBA return, the Labor Organizers filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the Brooklyn Nets, alleging Irving’s suspension violated federal labor law and the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

“Under the [uniform player contract] and CBA a team can terminate … [an] employment contract by first following the waiver protocol. The Brooklyn Nets indefinite suspension of the employee is a tactic to avoid compliance with the waiver protocol. If the employer followed the waiver protocol [Irving’s] contract with the Nets would officially end and [his] free agency period would begin.”

The Labor Organizers has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the Brooklyn Nets, alleging Kyrie Irving’s suspension violated federal labor law and the league’s collective bargaining agreement

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