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Labor/Employment

Dec. 30, 2011

US labor board 'likes' social media

At the National Labor Relations Board, 2011 was the year the federal agency embraced social media.


By Brian Sumers


Daily Journal Staff Writer


At the National Labor Relations Board, 2011 was the year the federal agency embraced social media.


In a move that surprised casual observers but not most labor lawyers, the NLRB started applying a 76-year-old law to new technologies in its mission to investigate unfair labor practices. Whether or not they belong to a union, workers disciplined or fired for disparaging their employer on networking sit...

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