Employees' Facebook Posts about Coworker's Job Performance Criticisms was Protected Concerted Activity: Facebook Firings Unlawful: NLRB | Practical Law
In Hispanics United of Buffalo, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held that an employer unlawfully terminated five employees for their Facebook posts and comments about a co-worker's criticism of their work, because the Facebook posts and comments were protected concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).