Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Federal agency rules against employer in "Facebook like" firing
A ruling by the National Labor Relations Board may
make it “safer” to “kvetch” about your employer on social media, according to a
story on “Money CNN”. The Triple Play
Sports Bar and Grille of Watertown, CT that it must rehire workers who had made
negative posts on Facebook. At least one
employee had merely “liked” another post.
The vote was 3-2, but the company will appeal.
There was a comment that 20th century
labor laws don’t match 21st Century media, something I became very
aware of with my own potential “conflict of interest” in the 1990s. There was also mention of the idea of "loyalty". Remember
Heather Armstrong and her invention of the verb “to dooce”.
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