Wednesday, July 21, 2021: Union Displays of “Scabby the Rat” and Anti-Company Bannering OK Near Neutral Sites
With two Republican Members (Kaplan and Ring) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) voting with the (currently) lone Democrat Member and Chair of the NLRB (McFerran), the Board upheld its historic precedent allowing even grotesque union public displays attacking a neutral company NOT involved in the union’s “primary” dispute with the company with which the union was in contract. Member Emmanuel, a Republican Member, dissented.
The case had drawn great interest in the employer community because its stark facts revealed a union (Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers: IUOE…near Chicago) bringing a neutral company (Lippert), not involved in disputes with Local 150, directly into the union’s dispute with another…
