The International Foundation for Electoral Systems — a pro-democracy organization based outside Washington, D.C. — has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to five former employees, expunged disciplinary records, and posted written commitments to uphold U.S. labor law in a settlement agreement with its recently unionized workforce.
The settlement — reached in August by IFES, the union, and the National Labor Relations Board — resolves a slew of unfair labor practice complaints that the union filed against the organization. NLRB, a U.S. government agency that enforces employee rights, found merit in 15 complaints from the union and began hearing testimony in July.
The settlement resolves those complaints before any final ruling by NLRB. An IFES spokesperson told Devex that its terms should not be seen as evidence that the organization did anything wrong.