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Employee Electronic Communications In A Boundaryless World, Robert Sprague
Employee Electronic Communications In A Boundaryless World, Robert Sprague
Robert Sprague
Awakening The Spirit Of The Nlra: The Future Of Concerted Activity Through Social Media, Benjamin J. Hogan
Awakening The Spirit Of The Nlra: The Future Of Concerted Activity Through Social Media, Benjamin J. Hogan
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Social Media Policy Confusion: The Nlrb's Dated Embrace Of Concerted Activity Misconstrues The Realities Of Twenty-First Century Collective Action, Geordan G. Logan
Social Media Policy Confusion: The Nlrb's Dated Embrace Of Concerted Activity Misconstrues The Realities Of Twenty-First Century Collective Action, Geordan G. Logan
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Nlrb And Social Media, Robert Sprague
Nlrb And Social Media, Robert Sprague
Robert Sprague
Focus: (1) when do employee social media posts constitute concerted activities protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act?; and (2) when do employers' social media policies restrict protected concerted activities?
New Nip In The Bud: Does The Obama Board's Preemptive Strike Doctrine Enhance Tactical Employment Law Strategies?, Michael C. Duff
New Nip In The Bud: Does The Obama Board's Preemptive Strike Doctrine Enhance Tactical Employment Law Strategies?, Michael C. Duff
All Faculty Scholarship
In this essay I revisit the classic debate concerning when worker activity is sufficiently “concerted” to be covered by the National Labor Relations Act, a statute covering certain private sector protected “concerted” activity by workers. When workers are obviously engaged in concerted “labor” activity — classically activity like striking, picketing, or even just complaining about working conditions — they are generally protected against employer reprisal for doing so. Over the last few decades there has been disagreement about the definition and limits of “concert.” My renewed interest in this dormant but not dead subject was piqued by the “Obama Board’s” …
Extending Weingarten To The Nonunion Setting: A History Of Oscillation, Sarah C. Flannery
Extending Weingarten To The Nonunion Setting: A History Of Oscillation, Sarah C. Flannery
Cleveland State Law Review
Passed in response to the nineteenth century hostility towards union activity, the NLRA traditionally was viewed as a pro-union statute. However, as much as the Act contains provisions clearly aimed at protecting union activity, the Act explicitly applies to non-union employees as well as union employees. Nevertheless, many nonunion employers and employees are unaware of the existence of the NLRA despite it being the only law governing the relationship between an employer and its employees as a group in most private sector establishments in this country. This Note analyzes the conflicting history surrounding this issue and asserts that the necessary …
Protected Concerted Activity In The Non-Union Context: Limitations On The Employer's Rights To Discipline Or Discharge Employees, Judith J. Johnson
Protected Concerted Activity In The Non-Union Context: Limitations On The Employer's Rights To Discipline Or Discharge Employees, Judith J. Johnson
Journal Articles
To the extent possible, this Article will be devoted to the situation in which there is no union or union organizational activity. It should be recognized that since the National Labor Relations Act does not distinguish between the statutory rights of union and non-union employees, many of the cases involving the protected concerted activities of union members are persuasive, if not binding, authority in the non-union context. The limitations placed by the Act on employers' rights will be delineated by an examination of the four factors upon which the courts have placed emphasis-definition of the term "concerted," proper purposes of …