Case: Labor Relations/Discrimination (N.L.R.B.)

The National Labor Relations Board affirmed the decision of the administrative law judge that the Korean Resource Center didn’t violate the National Labor Relations Act when it discharged an employee that worked within the bargaining unit represented by the union. The board upheld the ALJ’s finding that while the employee’s email regarding a project the KRC was involved in was considered protected, concerted activity, it wasn’t undertaken for the mutual aid and protection of his coworkers, and that the emails language caused it to lose its Section 7 protection. In addition, since the discharge came before the first collective bargaining ...