Currently, employers that want to ban or limit picketing or other demonstrations on their property by off-duty workers must show the activities would be disruptive to their operations. Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to rule on whether federal labor law protects off-duty workers who held stationary picket signs on company property which is different…

Strikes take two forms: “economic” and “unfair labor practice.” Economic strikes are work stoppages to protest wages, hours, working conditions, or other mandatory subjects of bargaining. By contrast, unfair labor practice strikes are a work stoppage to protest an unfair labor practice committed by an employer. The right to strike is not limited to employees…

Here, the National Labor Relations Board concluded that ImageFIRST Uniform Rental Service Inc. interfered with employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act by calling police in response to leafletting and picketing outside its facility. While the facility manager could ask police to remove the activists because they repeatedly trespassed on its driveway and on…

Musicians should have been allowed to stand on private property while they protested a ballet company’ use of recorded music inside a performing arts center. This decision shows that the right of employees to engage in peaceful and non-disruptive labor activities may trump the interest of an employer to control access to its private property.…

Loiter (verb): to stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose. Many workplaces prohibit off-duty workers from loitering at the worksite. These policies make great sense. They decrease the likelihood of wage and hour violations by providing off-duty employees the opportunity to claim they were working, but not being paid for their work. They…

NetJets’ (headquartered in Columbus, Ohio) workers who are represented by Teamsters Local 284 (Columbus, Ohio) launched an informational picketing campaign at the PGA’s Memorial Tournament (Columbus, Ohio). The Teamsters represent aircraft mechanics, maintenance control, aircraft fuelers, aircraft cleaners, and stock clerks at NetJets. The union is mad that the company is not giving into its…