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

A Tennessee chemical company violated the rights of employees attempting to organize a campaign to unionize under the Tennessee Pipe Trades Association by removing their informational signs from a public right-of-way area, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. The National Labor Relations Board upheld the administrative law judge’s ruling that the removal of the signs from the public area constituted an NLRA violation. The employer claimed that there was a law prohibiting the placement of unauthorized signs in that area, which was adjacent to the employer’s place of business, though the employer couldn’t show that it actually considered ...