They were fired for wearing orange shirts to work. I previously wrote about that here. Now, they have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. See ABA Bar Journal report. They say they wore the shirts simply to show they were part of the same group when they went out for drinks
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB Board Member Found Guilty of Breach of Confidentiality
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Labor Law
The National Labor Board enforces the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB is essentially the Supreme Court for unions. The NLRB is comprised of board members appointed by the President. NLRB appointments are very political. It is not unusual for the NLRB to be unable to act because the administration in power will not or…
Employees Can Discuss Conditions of Work on Facebook
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Labor Law
As I have described here a few times here, here and here, employees may make negative comments on Facebook about their job. So long as the employee is deemed to be discussing "terms and conditions" of employment with other employees, then yes, the employee can say things the employer would prefer not to…
El Paso Worker Reinstated to Job
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Labor Law
A worker in El Paso was vindicated after he was fired for talking to his co-workers about work conditions. The employer’s action in firing the worker violates the National Labor Relations Act. Taking action against a worker for discussing "terms and conditions" of employment with co-workers violates the NLRA. Eric Murillo worked for Chaffhaye, Inc.
Employers Incur Risk if they Pursue Action Against an Employee for Off-Duty Web Comments
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
Facebook is now the third largest country in the world. That is, if each user of Facebook was a citizen of a country, then that country would be the third largest. Facebook, Myspace, Linked, the list of social media web sites grows longer each year. Blogging grows leaps and bounds every year. Cases in which…
Antiunion Tactics Common, Says Study
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Labor Law
A recent study of 1004 attempts to unionize a workplace finds that employers threatened to close the plant in 57% of those attempts and threatened to cut wages and benefits in 47% of the campaigns. In 63% of these campaigns, supervisors met with employees in one-on-one meetings to ask workers whether they supported the union.