Earlier this week, a community organizing group called New York Communities for Change, with significant assistance from other community organizations and organized labor, announced a multi-million dollar campaign to organize employees in New York City fast food restaurants. With sponsorship from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the campaign is expected
protected concerted activity
Section 2(11) Supervisors Or Not?
By Seyfarth Shaw on
By David L. Streck.
In G4S Regulated Security Solution 358 NLRB 160 (September 29, 2012), the NLRB recently raised the bar that employers must meet in order to establish that individuals are supervisors under Section 2(11) of the NLRA. That case involved an employer guard service that provided security at a nuclear power…
The NLRB’s Exaltation Of Section 7 Rights: A Preview of Roundy’s and Granting Unions Access To Employers’ E-mail Systems
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Not to put it too indelicately, but has the NLRB made a fetish of the Section 7 right to engage in “concerted activities . . . for mutual aid or protection” — in the sense of rendering it excessive attention, even reverence? One can easily conclude from its recent decisions…
Should My Company Adopt A “Model” Social Media Policy Or Stick With Our Own?
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Posted in Current Events, Protected Concerted Activity
As we’ve blogged about in an earlier post, Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has issued the third in a series of “Reports” regarding social media policies, in which he addressed overly broad restrictions regarding confidentiality, standards of decorum on a website, fraternization with fellow employees, the airing grievances online,…