D.C. Circuit Enforces NLRB Ruling For Employees Fired 2 Days Before Union Vote

Mealey's (March 6, 2019, 2:34 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A nursing facility violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it asked a worker how he planned to vote in an upcoming union election and later fired that employee and four others for sleeping on the job just two days before the union election, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 5 (Novato Healthcare Center v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 17-1221, D.C. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 6592)....