Leslie Smith filed a complaint against the UFC in May, claiming that the UFC violated the National Labor Relations Act for Project Spearhead.
Project Spearhead was the campaign started with Smith — with attorney Lucas Middlebrook — to get 30 percent of the UFC roster to sign union authorization cards that would force the National Labor Relations Board to review whether or not the UFC’s classification of fighters as “independent contractors” (instead of employees) is valid to begin with.
Smith outlined some of her motivation in a recent interview with Chris Brooks (via Jacobin).