The National Labor Relations Board ruled this week that the U.S. branch of Mercedes-Benz violated the right to organize among its employees at the automaker's Vance, Ala. plant by prohibiting the distribution of union literature in common areas outside working hours.
Automotive News reports Judge Keltner Locke found for the plaintiffs on one complaint out of a number of complaints made against MBUSI regarding its violation of the National Labor Relations Act. In his decision, Judge Locke determined the areas where the subsidiary considered off-limits to dissemination were mixed-use areas — and thus, areas where material could be distributed freely — and that by "maintaining a solicitation and distribution rule which employees reasonably could understand to prohibit all solicitation in work areas," MBUSI was in violation of the act.
Though no penalties were levied in the decision, the ruling ordered MBUSI to amend its rule so that off-the-clock employees may solicit other such employees. Mercedes stated that while they were pleased with most of Judge Locke's ruling, citing his affirmation of its neutrality with regard to its employees, they disagreed with some aspects and were "evaluating next steps."
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