According to Jason Galanter, a former engineer for IT firm MCPc, and the NLRB, Galanter was fired after mentioning an executive’s salary during an informal lunchtime conversation with several coworkers. According to the Company, however, he was fired for twice lying to the management while it was conducting an investigation into the lunchtime conversation. While…

I have been involved in a few of these union demonstrations and they walk a very fine line between being protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as free speech and being unprotected and thus unlawful. Since the difference between lawful free speech and unlawful antics is razor thin and heavily fact-dependent, I…

In a standard move, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union refused to grant concessions to save Hostess from bankruptcy liquidation two years ago, fearing it would drive down wages and benefits across the industry. Since then, the Company became non-union, dropped brands beyond snack cakes, shed 18,000 jobs, outsourced delivery, operates…

Employees who have access to an employer’s email system as part of their job may now, during non-working time, use the email system to communicate about wages, hours, working conditions, and union organizing issues notwithstanding corporate policies restricting email to business purposes only. Most businesses view this as an unprecedented taking of their private property.…

In a fascinating case of brinksmanship, Trump Entertainment, which owns Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September citing, among other reasons, the decline in Atlantic City’s gambling market, debt, and significant tax increases. The Bankruptcy Court agreed to allow the Company to break its contract with the union…

From Columbus Business First – Unions representing hotel workers in New York City are pushing the Democratic National Committee to take union representation into consideration when choosing between New York, Philadelphia and Columbus for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Capital New York reports. In particular, they’re pointing out that New York City’s unionized hotels represent…