NLRB Sets Aside Union's Lopsided Election Loss in Part Because Supervisors Leafletting at Plant Gate Later Saw Employees Leafletting | Practical Law
In Intertape Polymer Corp., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that an employer committed unfair labor practices (ULP) during the critical period before an election, and directed that the election be set aside. The NLRB found that the employer's shifts in policy to confiscate union literature and engage in plant gate leafletting activity, which only began after the union petitioned to represent its employees, prevented employees from exercising free choice in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).