Executive Summary: The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) recently held that a healthcare employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by prohibiting employees from wearing union protest stickers. See HealthBridge Mgmt., LLC, 360 N.L.R.B. No. 118 (June 22, 2014). In the 2-1 decision, the Board found that HealthBridge could not prohibit employees from wearing union protest stickers inside or outside patient care areas because its rules were only selectively enforced, and HealthBridge could not establish “special circumstances” to justify the ban.
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