Union Gets Pass on Scabby But Not Picketing Violation, NLRB Says

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that a union unlawfully picketed a Chicago-area construction firm, but dismissed charges related to the union’s use of banners and the giant inflatable rodent known as Scabby the Rat at other demonstrations.

The case against International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 was one of several that the NLRB’s Trump-era general counsel had queued up in his unsuccessful quest to get Scabby outlawed. The board on Tuesday applied its July ruling that affirmed unions’ right to display banners or protest balloons at businesses that don’t employ those unions’ workers.

The decision underscores Scabby’s safe ...