The Federal Agency in charge of regulating union rights in the US, the National Labor Relations Board, cannot require employers to notify workers of a right to be represented by a trade union and to be covered by collectively-agreed contracts. Two Courts of Appeals issued the same ruling. (Ref. 130410)
Announced at the end of 2010 by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, see article No. 110197), the measure aiming to compel most American employers to notify their employees of their right to be represented by a trade union and to be covered by collectively-agreed deals was postponed several time (see article No. 110655). Last month, a Federal Court of Appeal ruled that it “constituted an infringement on freedom of speech” in companies, as the American Chamber of Commerce had argued...
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