The management of Image Comics has issued a new statement regarding the recent announcement that staff members are organizing a union. The statement mentions that the the Communications Workers of America has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a secret-ballot election among eligible Image employees. Here is the full statement:

Earlier this week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed a representation petition with the National Labor Relations Board asking to hold a secret-ballot election so that eligible members of the Image Comics office staff can determine if they want the CWA to represent them in their employment with Image. The NLRB is currently reviewing that petition to determine when that election will be held, where it will take place, and who can vote.

Everyone at Image is committed to working through this process, and we are confident that the resolution to these efforts will have positive long-term benefits.

Nine employees announced on November 1 that they were taking steps to form a union, the Comic Book Workers Union, and listed their goals in doing so (see “Image Employees Form Union”).