Question

Give an example of an Unfair Labour Practice.

Answer 1

Historically, employers have tried to prevent employees from working together to improve pay, benefits, or working conditions. However, it is illegal for them to do the following:

1.Management cannot create its own union or dominate an existing union.

2.Management cannot interfere with the ability of employees to organize a union. For example, management cannot single out conversation about unions and treat it differently than any other non-employment conversation.

3.Management cannot discriminate against employees to keep them from starting or joining a union. For example, management cannot lay off, transfer, or reassign workers because they are engaging in protected concerted activity.

4.Management cannot retaliate against an employee who provides testimony to the National Labor Relations Board or files a complaint with them.

Another area of concern is collective bargaining. If employees form a union, then federal law requires that employers bargain in good faith.

Many employers refuse to bargain honestly, scheduling bargaining for unreasonable times or refusing to even consider the union’s demands.

The NLRA does not require that either side reach an agreement or offer concessions, but the law does require that each side make an honest attempt to bargain.