5/20/2011
One again the National labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of workers when it comes to the use of Facebook.
Workers for the Buffalo non-profit Hispanics United of Buffalo had an exchange on a wall regarding an allegation that clients weren’t receiving enough help.
Responses to the allegation included workers complaining about staffing and work loads. Five workers were fired on terms they were harassing the individual who had posted the original comment.
On Wednesday, the NLRB ruled the employer was wrong in firing the workers and that their speech on the social networking site is protected.
This is the second time the labor board has ruled on such a case, but is said Wednesday they have many similar complaints waiting for a hearing.
Last November the board ruled in favor of an employee who had criticized a supervisor on her Facebook wall. As a result the employee was fired, resulting in the NLRB filing a complaint against American medical Response of Connecticut.
The board said in that case that the workers having a conversation on Facebook was akin to employees hanging out and discussing a supervisor at the water cooler. Specifically, the NLRB called both cases “concerted activity” due to the involvement of multiple employees in the wall discussion.
Workers for the Buffalo non-profit Hispanics United of Buffalo had an exchange on a wall regarding an allegation that clients weren’t receiving enough help.
Responses to the allegation included workers complaining about staffing and work loads. Five workers were fired on terms they were harassing the individual who had posted the original comment.
On Wednesday, the NLRB ruled the employer was wrong in firing the workers and that their speech on the social networking site is protected.
This is the second time the labor board has ruled on such a case, but is said Wednesday they have many similar complaints waiting for a hearing.
Last November the board ruled in favor of an employee who had criticized a supervisor on her Facebook wall. As a result the employee was fired, resulting in the NLRB filing a complaint against American medical Response of Connecticut.
The board said in that case that the workers having a conversation on Facebook was akin to employees hanging out and discussing a supervisor at the water cooler. Specifically, the NLRB called both cases “concerted activity” due to the involvement of multiple employees in the wall discussion.
Had John Mccain been elected, thew decision would have been against the employees because the GOP fills the NLRB with corporate stooges who look the other other way in cases of corporate misconduct.
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