In the early 2000’s the United Autoworkers (UAW) unions began trying to organize the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi. Nearly 15 years later, it’s still trying. According to the UAW, “many” Nissan employees recently began wearing pro-union t-shirts and hats to work. In response the company changed its almost anything goes dress code to one…

A nursing home whose employees voted against union representation 64-60 was ordered to start bargaining with the union for a contract, a seldom-used penalty levied against companies that commit egregious unfair labor practice charges during a union organizing campaign. The company allegedly committed two “hallmark” unfair labor practices. First, it granted a raise to workers…

A company that sells and services air conditioning systems has a collective bargaining agreement that contains provisions governing workers’ use of company vehicles. The company wanted to change its vehicle policy to mirror that of its parent company. The company informed the union that it intended to implement this revised policy, and the union responded…

The Rio Hotel & Casino had a handbook policy that stated, “Cameras, any type of audio visual recording equipment and/or recording devices may not be used unless specifically authorized for business purposes (e.g. events).” The policy applied to the Rio’s 3,000 employees, about half of whom are represented by a union. The National Labor Relations…

A package delivery service was in the midst of a Teamsters organizing campaign when the company’s general manager told an employee involved in the organizing drive that “it had come to his attention that he had been “badmouthing” managers in the parking lot, and that such conduct was unprofessional, and that if this conduct continued,…

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision that an Illinois auto dealership illegally discouraged workers from supporting a union. The dealership’s management met with employees to discuss a union organizing effort. The managers (truthfully) stated that bargaining with the union would “start from scratch” and pointed out that…