{"id":47041,"date":"2022-04-08T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47041"},"modified":"2022-04-08T15:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:37:29","slug":"nlrb-seeks-ban-on-favored-amazon-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47041","title":{"rendered":"NLRB seeks ban on favored Amazon tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will seek to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/27296259.25117\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zMjYxODM1LWxhYm9yLWJvYXJkLWNoaWVmLXNlZWtzLWJhbi1vbi13b3JrdGltZS1hbnRpLXVuaW9uLW1lZXRpbmdzLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB590964a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/27296259.25117\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zMjYxODM1LWxhYm9yLWJvYXJkLWNoaWVmLXNlZWtzLWJhbi1vbi13b3JrdGltZS1hbnRpLXVuaW9uLW1lZXRpbmdzLz9lbWFpbD1iMGJlZmIyZGFmY2UzYTg3ZTdmMTM2YmIwNjU0ZGYwNTNmODQ1M2FjJmVtYWlsYT0xYTI3NTdlMzU4MDAxYmEyNjMxOGIwMmI4NmY0MTMxMSZlbWFpbGI9YzFiNTg5MWVjODJkZTA5ZGJjZjk3M2FkNDk1NDYwMzJlY2U3OTUwZmIzYTdlN2NhODZkZDljZmNjYWJlNjliOA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB590964a5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649533699194000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Hnk794DrL2M-Otk0QIrBz\">have mandatory<\/a>\u00a0anti-union meetings during work hours banned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Abruzzo, a President\u00a0Biden\u00a0appointee,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/27296259.25117\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmxyYi5nb3YvbmV3cy1vdXRyZWFjaC9uZXdzLXN0b3J5L25scmItZ2VuZXJhbC1jb3Vuc2VsLWplbm5pZmVyLWFicnV6em8taXNzdWVzLW1lbW8tb24tY2FwdGl2ZS1hdWRpZW5jZS1hbmQ_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBd8445580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/27296259.25117\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmxyYi5nb3YvbmV3cy1vdXRyZWFjaC9uZXdzLXN0b3J5L25scmItZ2VuZXJhbC1jb3Vuc2VsLWplbm5pZmVyLWFicnV6em8taXNzdWVzLW1lbW8tb24tY2FwdGl2ZS1hdWRpZW5jZS1hbmQ_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBd8445580&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649533699194000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ieL0HSSXm6Jn8xVJOxPcS\">sai<wbr \/>d in a memo released Thursday<\/a>\u00a0that the meetings violate the National Labor Relations Act.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meetings, a favorite tactic of employers like Amazon, discourage workers from exercising their right not to listen to employer speech about their workplace rights, she argued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis license to coerce is an anomaly in labor law, inconsistent with the Act\u2019s protection of employees\u2019 free choice. It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of employers\u2019 speech rights,\u201d Abruzzo wrote in the memo. \u201cI believe that the NLRB case precedent, which has tolerated such meetings, is at odds with fundamental labor-law principles, our statutory language, and our Congressional mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The general counsel of the National&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47042,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041\/revisions\/47042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}