Labor Relations/Unfair Labor Practices (NLRB)

A Virginia trucking company unlawfully interrogated, coerced, and threatened a group of workers during a unionization campaign and vote, in violation of the NLRA. The NLRB upheld the administrative law judge’s determination that the employer committed multiple unfair labor practice violations during the campaign leading up to the unionization vote. The employer also disciplined several organizers and made unlawful statements after the union lost the election. As a result, the board issued an order dismissing the case Gissel bargaining order, requiring the employer to recognize and negotiate with the union, despite the loss of the union, as well as to cancel the portion of the employee handbook…