Daimler Violated U.S. Law Amid Alabama Union Push, NLRB Rules
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Daimler AG violated the law when it prevented workers from discussing a possible union and other employment issues on their own time inside the company’s Alabama auto plant, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.
The decision affirmed an administrative judge’s ruling that the Mercedes-Benz employee handbook illegally told workers they couldn’t solicit fellow employees on company property between shifts. The NLRB, which mediates disputes between management and labor, ordered Mercedes to update the handbook with an insert that makes clear workers are free to “form, join or assist a union,” according to the Nov. 26 decision.