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Portland, Oregon

Between August and October, 2013, the managers for the Providence Portland Medical Center (Employer) repeatedly subjected employees to anti-union animus and retaliation because of their union activities during an organizing campaign by International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701 (Union).

Fall Creek, Wisconsin

Badger Unified (Employer) is a Wisconsin corporation engaged in the business of utility right-of-way clearing. In July of 2012, employees performing line clearance, tree trimming, and vegetation management voted to join a union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 953 (Union). Over the course of the next year, the Union attempted to bargain with the Employer on behalf of its employees.

Atlanta, Georgia

During an organizing campaign by UNITE HERE Local 23 (Union) in 2013, Taylor Motors (Employer), which contracts school bus services with the U.S. Department of Defense, solicited employee grievances, promised its employees improved terms and conditions of employment if employees stopped supporting the Union, and threatened them with a loss of benefit by misrepresenting the extent to which they could bring issues and complaints to management if they chose the Union to represent them.  

Memphis, Tennessee

In a decision issued on July 30, 2014, the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee granted a petition for an injunction as requested by M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director for Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board against Kellogg Company. This injunction ordered Kellogg to cease from certain acts and conduct pending the final disposition of the case by the Board. The unfair labor practice case is currently pending before an administrative law judge of the Board.

Monetary Remedies

Monetary Remedies

In cases where employees are illegally fired for protected activity, the General Counsel often seeks backpay for the period of unemployment, as well as payment of dues, fines or other costs.