Labor Board Prohibits Company's Mandatory Meetings Amid Unionization Efforts
The Labor Board’s Ruling The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a landmark ruling prohibiting a company from holding mandatory meetings amid unionization efforts by its employees. In a decision that has significant implications for employers, the NLRB found that the company’s practice of requiring all non-supervisory employees to attend daily meetings was an unfair labor practice. The ruling states: “The Board has consistently held that an employer may not coerce or intimidate employees into attending anti-union meetings, and that such meetings are presumptively invalid if they are motivated by a desire to undermine unionization efforts....