Natalie Barron, a nursing instructor at Portland Community College, was unexpectedly instructed she must work at Providence on the first day of an ongoing strike or risk losing her teaching position. This requirement contradicted her understanding of her responsibilities, as she was not scheduled to work on that day. Barron expressed her concern to PCC officials, questioning the legality of being compelled to cross a picket line for her secondary employer, Providence. Internal communications confirmed that all PCC employees affiliated with Providence faced similar directives, raising significant concerns about labor practices.
I am seeking clarity on whether PCC is directing me, as a PCC employee, to report to Providence, an employer to whom I have no obligations...
PCC employees who were also Providence employees were being asked to report to Providence on the first day of the strike.
Providence would bar any employees who declined to report to their work site on the first day of the strike.
The mandate from Providence seemed to defy standard labor law.
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