Court and NLRB Sanction "F--- You" Post
Two days before a union election, employee Perez made the following Facebook post about his Supervisor: "Bob is such a NASTY MOTHER FUCKER don’t know how to talk to people!!!!!! Fuck his mother and his entire fucking family!!!! What a LOSER!!!! Vote YES for the UNION!!!!!!!" The employee knew his Facebook friends, including 10 coworkers, would be able to see the post. The post later came to the attention of Management, which ultimately fired Perez, following an investigation.
CWCMA/NICE Annual Conference
L. Michael Zinser, CWCMA and NICE General Counsel, gave two presentations at this year’s joint conference. On the morning of Wednesday, June 21, as part of the Single Copy Focus Group and Round Tables, Michael presented a session on the legal issues surrounding scanned-based trading – a system many retailers now require newspapers to use in order to have the publications sold at their stores. The general consensus of newspaper executives is that, despite some conveniences, “p
