Posts tagged captive audience meetings
Rhode Island Employer-Sponsored Meetings Ban Law Now in Effect
August 25, 2025 // The new law prohibits employers from holding mandatory worker meetings to explain what unionizing will mean for the business from an employer’s perspective. This also means labor organizers will have an unchallenged narrative on unionization. Identical laws in Connecticut, Minnesota, and other states face legal challenges citing the law is superseded by the National Labor Relations Act as well as federal labor law precedent. Rhode Island’s new law is likely to face a similar challenge, something NFIB and other organizations warned when lawmakers considered these bills
Rhode Island’s New Workplace Laws: Menopause Protections, “Captive Audience” Meeting Ban, Minimum Wage Hikes, and More
August 5, 2025 // Under the new law, employers in the state with at least four or more employees: must, upon request, make reasonable accommodations for a current or prospective employee’s condition related to menopause or a related medical condition (including, but not limited to, vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats), unless the accommodation would pose an undue hardship on the employer; are prohibited from denying employment opportunities based on a woman’s need for such accommodations;
Two Freedom Foundation-Backed Bills Pass Arkansas State Legislature, Await Governor’s Signature
April 15, 2025 // HB1724 will work to improve local schools and strengthen communities rather than allowing union influence to control the election cycle, and SB402 will protect Arkansas educators and public employees from high-pressure union organizing activities during the school day. Both bills represent a critical implementation of new boundaries, which will encourage responsible taxpayer spending and a more accountable system for unions to abide by, preventing the left-wing union agenda from continuing to be inappropriately pushed into Arkansas schools.
Freedom Foundation-Backed Bill to Ban Captive Audience Meetings Passes Arkansas Senate, Moves to House
March 24, 2025 // Under the Biden administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affirmed that forcing employees to attend anti-union presentations infringes on their constitutional rights, stating: “forcing employees to attend captive audience meetings under threat of discipline discourages employees from exercising their right to refrain from listening to this speech and is therefore inconsistent with the NLRA.” This same principle should apply when employees are coerced into attending pro-union presentations.
Bergen Record reporters vote to walk out
March 14, 2025 // Print circulation at The Record is down by over 90% since Gannett purchased the newspaper from the Borg family in 2016 and now prints less than 14,000 newspapers daily.
Free Speech Under Fire: How Restricting Employee Meetings on Unionization Prevents Workers from Making Informed Decisions
February 13, 2025 // I4AW’s report, “Free Speech Under Fire: How Restricting Employee Meetings on Unionization Prevents Workers from Making Informed Decisions,” provides a point by point rebuttal of the NLRB’s flawed claims as to why, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the NLRB incorrectly overruled its 1948 decision in Babcock & Wilcox Co., and held that an employer cannot compel employees to attend a “captive audience meeting.”
Workers Have a Right to Hear From their Employers about the Impact of Unionization
February 12, 2025 // Workers have a right to hear from their employers and employers have a free speech right to inform their workers about the impact of unionization at paid staff meetings. This is despite an unconstitutional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision last year that held that such meetings violate the National Labor Relations Act.
Free Speech Under Fire: How Restricting Employee Meetings on Unionization Prevents Workers from Making Informed Decisions
February 12, 2025 // Click here to download the report. by James A. Prozzi Workers have a right to hear from their employers and employers have a free speech right to inform their workers about the impact of unionization at paid staff meetings. This is despite an unconstitutional National Labor Relations Board…
Republicans Should Support Workers — Not the Failed Union Model
February 6, 2025 // Senator Hawley’s proposal would prevent workers from hearing both sides before a unionization election, which they would need to make an informed decision. Employers would be prohibited from holding meetings with workers. Unions would also be able to force ambush elections, depriving workers of time to do their own research and make up their minds. And, like the PRO Act, the proposal would even give unelected federal bureaucrats the power to force union contracts on workers, employers, and even unions.
Commentary: In New Record Low, Unionization Rate Falls to Single Digits in 2024
February 3, 2025 // By focusing on individual workers’ desires and on helping workers achieve long-term wage gains through increased productivity (which require allowing technology and automation that enhance productivity), unions could begin to reverse their decline. And policymakers can help prioritize workers’ rights and voices by allowing voluntary labor organizations and reducing government-imposed barriers to work.