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Episode: Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 31—Guest: Attorney Matt Miller On The Texas Lawsuit Against The NLRB's Attempt To Restrict Employer Speech
Description: Background. In early April, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo indicating that “she will ask the Board to find mandatory meetings in which employees are forced to listen to employer speech concerning the exercise of their statutory labor rights, including captive audience meetings, a violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).”Less than a week later, GC Abruzzo filed a brief in a case called Cemex, in which Abruzzo “seeks to (1) ban so-called “captive audience” meetings, (2) eliminate the ability of employers to insist on secret-ballot elections, and (3) restrict an employer’s right to i...