Labor/Employment
Dec. 13, 2014
Labor board reverses precedent, allows workers to use email for union discussions
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that employees can use work email for union communications. The decision in the much-watched case reverses board precedent allowing employers to forbid the communications.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Employees can use work email for union communications, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday. The decision in the much-watched case reverses board precedent allowing employers to forbid the communications on work email in deference to the companies' property rights.
"By focusing too much on employers' property rights and too little on the importance of email as a means of wor...
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