Question

The evening before a union election, an employer held a company picnic for its employees. Attendance at the picnic was required and the company president gave a passionate speech urging employees not to vote for the union. The most likely reason the NLRB would consider this a violation of the NLRA is:_______

A) The picnic amounts to a captive audience meeting held within 24 hours of the election.
B) The picnic could be considered an inducement or reward for not voting for the union.
C) The president’s passionate speech could be considered threatening.
D) None of the above; the employer did not violate the NLRA in any way.

Answer 1

A) The picnic amounts to a captive audience meeting held within 24 hours of the election.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a violation of the NLRA since the company should not intervene with the desire of their workers to join or not a union. The fact that the employer is using a company event to try to convince his employees would be a flagrant violation of the NLRA since the employees are required to be there and listen to him without being notified that the picnic was going to be used for that purpose.