NLRB: Employer Unlawfully Surveilled Private Facebook Group And Fired 2 Workers

(November 7, 2019, 11:54 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it had an employee report back on the membership and postings in a private Facebook group where other employees were discussing unionization and by firing two workers who supported the union, a three-member National Labor Relations Board panel ruled Oct. 29 (National Captioning Institute, Inc. and National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians—Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Nos. 16-CA-182528, 16-CA-183953, 16-CA-187150, 16-CA-188322 and 16-CA-188346, NLRB)....