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Jim Lane

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5. Even without a union, they might have rights under the NLRA.

Reply to BillZBubb (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 02:23 AM

Apr 2014

It's been many moons since I did labor law, but IIRC, section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act protects concerted action by employees, even if they're not in a union and even if the action isn't aimed at unionizing, but at some other aspect of the conditions of employment.

As against that, I'd have to guess that UPS management checked with their lawyers first. There's probably some loophole or exception that they believe they can rely on.

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UPS fires 250 employees for staging a 90-minute protest to defend co-worker [View all] diabeticman Apr 2014 OP

What does their union contract Chuuku Davis Apr 2014 #1

UPS is not unionized. BillZBubb Apr 2014 #2

They're Teamsters. n/t Lugnut Apr 2014 #4

Even without a union, they might have rights under the NLRA. Jim Lane Apr 2014 #5

Now that's ugly flamingdem Apr 2014 #3

This explains well why I don't ship via UPS. herding cats Apr 2014 #6