Labor Board Bans Anti-Union 'Captive Audience' Meetings

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Labor Board Bans Anti-Union 'Captive Audience' Meetings
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prohibiting employers from holding mandatory anti-union meetings at work, a long-sought policy objective of unions that want to level the playing field with corporations in organizing campaigns.

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, an appointee of President Joe Biden, has argued that the meetings violate workers’ rights when employees have no choice but to attend and subject themselves to the company’s messaging. Abruzzo, who prosecutes cases before the board, has said companies should still be free to make their case against unions — they just shouldn’t be able to force workers to listen to it.

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