Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings Are Risky With Law in Flux

A company’s use of “captive audience” meetings to counter union organizing drives has become a more complicated endeavor now that a handful of states have enacted restrictions and a national-level ban is potentially on the way.

New York is the largest of five states that have passed measures barring employers from holding mandatory meetings to talk about religious and political issues, including unionization. While the Empire State’s measure awaits the governor’s signature, laws are already on the books in Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, and Oregon.

Meanwhile, ...