Months after laying off 17 staff, Overstory Media continue to oppose company-wide unionization

Staff were warned at Sept. 27 company-wide town hall that more layoffs may be coming. Meanwhile, the company has spent $127,000 on union-busting lawyers and executive recruitment.

This piece was originally published at Ricochet.

The founders of Overstory Media Group (OMG) have billed their start-up journalism enterprise as the “Chipotle of news.” Since OMG journalists signed union cards in January, senior management has brought a whole new meaning to that analogy by apparently attempting to quash the union drive.

From November 14 t…