Strike Replacement Workers’ Rights Strengthened in Seventh Circuit

The National Labor Relations Board sufficiently explained its decision to grant strike replacement workers the right to union representation in disciplinary meetings, a federal appeals court ruled.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on July 23 reinforced the NLRB’s decision against mining firm Riverstone Group Inc. The Illinois-based mining company denied a request for a union steward made by a worker who was hired as a permanent replacement for employees on strike.

The court sided with the NLRB’s decision that the employer violated a replacement worker’s rights by not allowing a union steward to be present during ...