Love Is Blind Legal Battle Heats Up As National Labor Board Classifies Contestants As Employees [Video]

In a landmark move for reality television, the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against Love Is Blind in which it argued that the show’s contestants should be classified as employees.

This marks a major milestone for reality television as it could give the Netflix show’s contestants the opportunity to unionize.

According to The New York Times, the complaint claims the show committed several labor violations against contestants and details the unlawful contractual provisions contestants are forced under, including that they cannot give interviews or make media appearances for up to one year after the final episode airs. Former contestants Renee Poche and Nick Thompson filed complaints with the NLRB.

The complaint accuses Delirium TV and Kinetic Content, the production companies behind the Netflix show, of “unlawfully” classifying cast members as “participants,” per USA Today.

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Bryan Freedman, who represents Poche in her lawsuit against the show, said in a statement, …