Good News and Bad (Stale) News

Workers at Spirit Aerojet in Wichita voted to keep their union in a decertification election. Apparently, this is the second time in two years that workers have rejected efforts to get cozier with management. See here.

News on the NLRB's Guardmark decision is picking up steam. See here. In this case, the Board found that it was not unlawful for an employer to maintain an anti-fraternization policy that prohibited workers from socializing outside of work. The Union contended that this policy intimidated, harassed and prevented workers from discussing union-related matters outside of the workplace. The Board disagreed. This is a decision so awful for workers that it makes even those of us who are jaded to the Board's anti-union/anti-worker recent decisions sit up and rub our eyes in shock. Nathan Newman writes that he tried to pretend it was a hoax until the steam started to gather.