Why Does #Starbucks Stall #Union Negotiations? Because It Can.
Weak labor laws allow the #coffee giant to avoid contract talks. In an attempt to undermine union efforts in Buffalo, New York, #NLRB says they violated #NLRA hundreds of times. “They are the worst #unionbuster in history, and we will continue to pursue all legal challenges,” said #WorkersUnited spokesperson Melissa Palominos. “In the meantime Starbucks workers continue to successfully #unionize their stores.”
https://capitalandmain.com/why-does-starbucks-stall-union-negotiations-because-it-can

Once again for those in the back.

So-called #RightToWork laws have nothing to do with the legality of organizing. They don't make it more difficult to organize. They don't mean that companies can ignore your rights under the #NLRA. They don't even make it _harder_ to file against your employer.

They prevent certain classes of #union security arrangement.

That's it.

Stop discouraging organizing by spreading misinformation.

"Today, #NLRB issued a decision adopting a new legal standard for evaluating whether an employer work rule is unlawful to maintain under the #NLRA"

This is huge

In recent years, NLRB review of employment policies provided generous deference to the employer ("assume good intent")

The NLRB is now returning to labor law's "strict scrutiny" of work rules

If the work rule is suspect, now the burden's on the employer to prove the rule is important & narrowly tailored

https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-adopts-new-standard-for-assessing-lawfulness-of-work-rules

The National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that employers can no longer demand laid-off employees avoid publicly disparaging the company as part of their severance agreements, nor can they stop affected employees from disclosing the terms of their exit packages. Doing so, the federal agency determined, would be a violation of the laid-off employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

##NLRB #NLRA #Labor

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7a7x/companies-cant-ask-you-to-shut-up-to-receive-severance-nlrb-rules