Employer Not Liable for Calling Police on Trespassing Union Activists

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…
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“The NLRB – Purposefully or Absentmindedly – Misrepresented Several of the ALJ’s Findings”

Unions have a knack at wanting to gloss over the details of contract language in collective bargaining agreements. This gives unions the ability to later allege a company violated the contract while the company is left without recourse to defend itself. Because of this, I insist on detailed collective bargaining agreements that leave very few…
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Retail Store Wins Injunction Against In-Store Union Protest

Since 2011 unions have held demonstrations inside and in front of a retail store as part of a campaign to raise wages and improve working conditions of employees. Protestors would sing, chant, march, carry posters, or assemble “flash mobs.” The store filed suit in California state court accusing the unions of disruptive labor activities despite…
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