John M. Roca Law Blog

The debate about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known in polite circles as the 2010 Health Care Reform legislation, will slowly creep through the legal system until its eventual disposition by the United States Supreme Court. At the same time, it bears noting that the demagoguery and level of vitriol hurled against the legislation is no... Read More

One of the core principles of our federal labor laws is that employees have the right to engage in concerted activity. Indeed, all employees enjoy the right to engage in concerted activities regardless of whether or not they enjoy the benefits of union representation. The National Labor Relations Board has long held that employee conduct disparaging management officials or an employer’s business may be protected concerted activity  if the remarks or conduct relate to employee... Read More

We all know what a picket line is. It’s one of those things we know what it is when we see it.

But the National Labor Relations Board has not always had the depth of perception that everyone has. As a result, the NLRB has historically had difficulties distinguishing what picketing is.

Be that as it may, at least in one context, the NLRB appears to finally have caught up with the rest of the real world.

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