Inbox outcry: National Labor Relations Board rules employers can ban union solicitations on e-mail

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Publication: New Orleans CityBusiness

Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00

The National Labor Relations Board ruled in a split 2007 decision that employers can ban union solicitations on their e-mail systems.

An employer "may lawfully bar employees' non-work-related use of its e-mail system, unless the (company) acts in a manner that discriminates" against union organizing and collective bargaining rights under the National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB ruled in a 3- 2 decision.

Fred Preis, an attorney in the labor and employment law section at Lemle and Kelleher, said the concern in New Orleans is about union ...

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