NRLB Redefines 'Your Own Time'

Doc Ruby writes "The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled to ban off-duty worker 'fraternization,' at the employer's discretion. So getting together for a beer after work can now be prohibited by the boss. With IT workers so commonly producing some of our best work 'after hours,' even at home or in restaurants/bars, will this ruling come back to bite employers in the IT industry? Can they really stop you from talking with your cubicle neighbor on the bus home, if they can't even stop you from reading Slashdot while on the clock?"

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Politcal interpretation

[Balthisar]

Okay, the damned article is at a pro-union worksite, and their interpretation of the NLRB ruling is decidedly inline with their own agenda; it's not necessarily a fair interpretation of the NLRB ruling. Twisting facts to scare the public at large -- including ./ers -- is the same technique that union organizers have been using since unions have become irrelevant. Fear and intimidation is the only tool that they have to support their stupid monopoly cash cow. It so happens that I *am* a union member not by choice but by having the choice forcibly taken away from me by the same damn assholes that publicize these scare tactics. We're trying to *decertify* our stupid loser union -- considering the NLRB *won't* let us circulate petitions at work, where does everyone expect us to present information and circulate petitions? Oh, by the way, the same damn, lazy assholes who brought in the union did all of their campaigning on company property. Where does the power lie?

Yeah, okay -1 for flamebait, but that's evened out by my making +1 for a damn good reminder to read what you will with a critical eye -- even if it's only reading this response!