Section 8 Employee Committees as Employer-Dominated Unions

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

The NLRB addressed the question of whether employee committees might be unlawful company-assisted or dominated labor organizations in Electromation, Inc.,309 N.L.R.B. 990,
142 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 1001 (1992). Such a committee is likely to be found to violate the law if the group is “dealing with” the employer. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.,311 N.L.R.B. 893,
143 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 1121 (1993). In Polaroid Corp., 329 N.L.R.B. 424, 162 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 1129 (1999), the Board found that the company’s “Employee-Owners’...