NLRB, captive audience meetings

NLRB decides captive audience meetings are unlawful in potential boost for unions
Unions said captive audience meetings were partially responsible for losses at the Amazon location in Bessemer and the Mercedes plant.
NLRB bans anti-union captive-audience meetings
The National Labor Relations Board announced a new ban on mandatory captive-audience meetings aimed at discouraging employees from unionizing.
Captive audience meetings are unlawful, NLRB says
The meetings, a common strategy for employers during union drives, “have a reasonable tendency to interfere with and coerce employees” in the exercise of their rights, the Board decided.
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The board's ruling responds to a series of labor complaints against Amazon for engaging in union-busting tactics.
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