Judge:Gov't cannot require union posters at work

TuscaloosaNews.com ^ | April 13, 201 | SAM HANANEL Associated Press

[mdittmar]

A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Labor Relations Board cannot require millions of private employers to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.

U.S. District Judge David Norton in South Carolina said the labor board exceeded congressional authority when it approved the poster requirement last year.

The decision Friday conflicts with a ruling last month by another federal judge in Washington, D.C., who found the posters were a reasonable means to make workers aware of collective bargaining rights.

Both lawsuits were brought business groups that claim the posters are too one-sided in favor of unions. The labor board contends the posters simply explain workers' rights and protections under federal labor law.

[mdittmar]

Ever wondered why your non-union employer posts a no solicitation policy?

Now you know;)

[GeronL]

Can a judge overturn the NLRB? Is that unprecedented, Barack?

/sarc

[driftdiver]

I would shut my company down before letting it go union.

[mdittmar]

I would leave the company I work for if it became union.

[FlingWingFlyer]

@#!#$%# the unions! I’m not paying some gangster thug for the privilege to get up in the morning and go to work.

[boop]

What's the deal with unions being able to do all kinds of things? If Coca-Cola or Walmart had the power to make every employer obey their commands,it would never be tolerated. Yet unions are exempt from calling me with their nonsense phoners, and their wall to wall political TV ads.

Tax deductable I'm sure.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t know why they are allowed to get away with what they pull. Unions had their day in the sun, IMHO. It’s time to get rid of them.