Wal-Mart Illegally Fired Workers Who Protested, ALJ Finds

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. violated federal labor law when it disciplined or terminated employees who in 2013 took part in protests staged by a group pressing the company to improve wages and working conditions, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge found Jan. 21 (Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 2016 BL 15926, N.L.R.B. A.L.J., 16-CA-096240, 1/21/16).

In a lengthy decision, ALJ Geoffrey Carter said the retail giant violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act when, among other actions, it terminated 16 employees at various stores after they took part in the protests. Carter recommended that the ...