Southern Poverty Law Center workers vote to remove CEO after ‘inhumane’ layoffs

Staffers claim June mass layoffs at civil rights non-profit was a union-busting tactic that destroyed lives'

Workers at the civil rights non-profit Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have voted on a motion of no confidence in its chief executive, Margaret Huang, following a mass layoff of staffers in June 2024 that they characterized as a union-busting tactic.

The SPLC union announced this week that 92% of members who voted on the motion supported the no-confidence motion, with the union calling for Huang's removal, the reversal of the layoff of 25% of the organization's staff, and a call to involve the union in the hiring of a new CEO. The union also started a public petition to rally support for their demands.