Split 8th Circuit Upholds Labor Board Ruling For Sandwich Shop Workers

Mealey's (April 7, 2016, 11:03 AM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A split Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 25 enforced a decision by a divided National Labor Relations Board that sandwich shop employees seeking to change the sick leave policy following an unsuccessful union election were protected under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they made and hung signs in public places talking about sick employees making the sandwiches (MikLin Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Jimmy John’s v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 14-3099, National Labor Relations Board v. MikLin Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Jimmy John’s, No. 14-3211, 8th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5586)....