Geico workers accuse company of aggressive tactics to deter union push

Workers at the US insurance company vow to continue their efforts to organise as an independent labor movement takes hold

Workers at an office of US insurance giant Geico have embarked on a unionization campaign in the face of what they say are aggressive and unfair management tactics to prevent them from forming a labor union.

Workers at the office of about 2,500 employees in Amherst, New York, near Buffalo, say they have faced deteriorating working conditions in the past two years under Geico CEO Todd Combs. Combs is an investment manager and protege of billionaire Warren Buffett, whose firm Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico - known across the US for its ads featuring its English-accented gecko mascot.