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Worker Rights Extend To Facebook, Says NLRB

Posted by timothy on from the ends-at-my-nose dept.

wjousts writes "American Medical Response of Connecticut had a policy that barred employees from depicting the company 'in any way' on Facebook or other social media. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that this policy runs afoul of the National Labor Relations Act, which gives employees the right to form unions and prohibits employers from punishing workers for discussing working conditions."

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  1. Re:Freedom of speech by WCMI92 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly. The 1st Amendment applies to the government. Not to private relations, one of which is employment.

    "Obama sucks ass" is protected speech, in that Obama can't send me to the gulag for saying it. However, if my boss is a stinky hippie from San Francisco who still things Dear Leader walks on water, he can certainly hold that against me and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.

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    Corporatism != Free Market
  2. Re:US Employment Rights by royallthefourth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, it is the wealthy parasite class who pays for it.

  3. Re:Freedom of speech... by stewbacca · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Funny, if you make this same claim about what constitutes censorship, the slashdot hordes will claim ANYTHING is censorship, not just that which comes from the government.

    I've lost track of how many times I've said "Apple doesn't censor anything, because they are not the US Government" only to be lectured that censorship isn't limited to the government.

    So which is it, slashdot?