Court: Union not responsible for Facebook threats
Source: The Hill
By Julian Hattem
A federal court on Friday ruled in favor of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) arguing that it could not force unions to take down Facebook posts threatening workers for crossing a picket line.
Unlike in some public settings, a union is not responsible for the behavior of its members on a private online Facebook page, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declared.
The case centered on Facebook comments posted during a six-day 2012 strike launched by a Phoenix branch of the Amalgamated Transit Union against bus company Veolia Transportation Services.
In the comments, some union members criticized workers who crossed the picket line. One post, for instance, asked a rhetorical question about whether people on strike could “bring the Molotov Cocktails” to the hotel where “scabs” were staying.
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