This is a great example of how badly broken the NLRA is. There's a still worse ULP case in Oregon that's been going on for SEVEN YEARS with every sort of flouting of the NLRA by an employer, and next to no consequence. I've reported on the case a number of times, and hope to do another update soon. My most recent report was in 2017, and the case is still going four years later. https://nwlaborpress.org/2017/01/toothless-law-3-years-in-still-no-penalty-for-flagrant-unionbuster/
Anyone who is in this field could tell a myriad of similar stories. I'd encourage anyone interested to check out the coordinated contempt petitions in Nos. 19-1107 (D.C. Cir) and 18-71132 (9th Cir.), which tell a fascinating story of just how much damage an employer can wreak with nothing more than a frivolous legal objection and a whole lot of obstruction and delay. Or American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens, No. 32-CA-025247, where an employer that illegally hired replacement workers to bust a union got off with a fraction of the damages owed eleven years after the fact.
The PRO Act would help massively, but one thing that's really needed to add even more teeth to the civil penalties attached to it is a private attorney general provision, to allow unions and employees who turn in these lawbreaking employers to reap part of the rewards from the civil penalties they pay.
This is a great example of how badly broken the NLRA is. There's a still worse ULP case in Oregon that's been going on for SEVEN YEARS with every sort of flouting of the NLRA by an employer, and next to no consequence. I've reported on the case a number of times, and hope to do another update soon. My most recent report was in 2017, and the case is still going four years later. https://nwlaborpress.org/2017/01/toothless-law-3-years-in-still-no-penalty-for-flagrant-unionbuster/
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Anyone who is in this field could tell a myriad of similar stories. I'd encourage anyone interested to check out the coordinated contempt petitions in Nos. 19-1107 (D.C. Cir) and 18-71132 (9th Cir.), which tell a fascinating story of just how much damage an employer can wreak with nothing more than a frivolous legal objection and a whole lot of obstruction and delay. Or American Baptist Homes of the West d/b/a Piedmont Gardens, No. 32-CA-025247, where an employer that illegally hired replacement workers to bust a union got off with a fraction of the damages owed eleven years after the fact.
The PRO Act would help massively, but one thing that's really needed to add even more teeth to the civil penalties attached to it is a private attorney general provision, to allow unions and employees who turn in these lawbreaking employers to reap part of the rewards from the civil penalties they pay.