Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports Captive Audience Meetings, the mandatory sessions typically called by employers when Workers are on the cusp of Unionizing, would be forbidden, according to legislation passed by both houses of the New York State Legislature.  Employers have for decades used Mandatory Staff Meetings to push back on Pro-Union sentiments and to convince employees to vote against a Unionization effort.  The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, last year argued that requiring Employees to attend the meetings constitutes an illegal Unfair Labor Practice and called on the NLRB to outlaw the practice.  Unions have repeated that call and are also lobbying for Congress to ban the practice nationwide. 

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