Worker Rights Extend To Facebook, Says NLRB

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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Re:Oh look

[sakdoctor]

To be fair, this is one of the better days. Facebook is only on the front page twice.
This story, and once annoyingly name dropped in the Wi-Fi Encryption story where it has NO relevance.

It's my hope that people will soon STFU about facebook. It's just a propitiatory communication platform, in a long line of them, after all.

At-Will

[airos4]

I'm at an organization where a similar situation is proceeding through the HR hell.
The unfortunate part is that as an at-will employee, which we all basically are at my job, they have to do something highly illegal to actually get sued for firing you. You can show up and pick your nose and get fired for it, and it's just "at will."...

Now, if they actually said "Because of this" you might have a better case, because then they're stepping on first amendment stuff. But if they said "Because we want to" you'd be SOL. People don't get that your first amendment rights protect you from jail time, not protect you from any consequence at all.