August 31, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Thursday threw out of First Amendment-based challenge to the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's statement that employers violate labor law when they force workers to sit through meetings discouraging unionization, saying the statement is an "unreviewable prosecutorial decision" that precludes the court's jurisdiction.
July 21, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a First Amendment-based challenge to its general counsel's statement that employers violate labor law when they make workers sit through meetings discouraging unionization, saying the statement does not infringe on employers' right to speak.
May 26, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board general counsel's memorandum over so-called captive audience meetings does not violate employers' First Amendment rights, agency prosecutors argued, challenging five staffing companies' bid for an early win in their free speech suit.
November 21, 2022
A quintet of staffing companies have urged a Texas federal judge to rule that they can sue the National Labor Relations Board immediately over the agency's stance toward so-called captive audience meetings, rather than waiting for a conflict in full flower.
October 12, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board's top prosecutor took aim at a Texas federal suit seeking to block her from going after employers that make workers sit through anti-union meetings, casting her attack on so-called captive audience meetings as a preliminary move the courts can't second-guess.
July 20, 2022
Five staffing agencies sued the National Labor Relations Board in Texas federal court over general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's recent memo saying that so-called captive audience meetings in her view are illegal, arguing that guidance from the agency's top prosecutor violated free speech rights.