Lamp Maker Must Bring Work Back From Mexico, as NLRB Ordered

The National Labor Relations Board properly ordered a lighting manufacturer to restore work the company transferred to Mexico after its Illinois employees staged a one-week strike over wages, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held (
Amglo Kemlite Labs., Inc. v. NLRB, 2016 BL 266354, 7th Cir., No. 15-3695, 8/17/16).

The decision shows the NLRB’s power to fashion remedies for unfair labor practices and management’s need to document that business decisions aren’t taken in retaliation for employees’ protected activity.

Writing for the court Aug. 17, Judge Ann Claire Williams said Amglo Kemlite Laboratories Inc.'s threats and ...