Interrogation of Union Supporters Violates Act

In Acme Bus Corporation, (August 26, 2011), the National Labor Relations Board reviewed a number of unfair labor practices committed by a bus company during a union organizing campaign.  The Board found that the employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by interrogating employees about union activities, orally promulgating and maintaining a rule prohibiting employees from discussing the Union at work, orally promulgating, maintaining, and disparately enforcing an overly broad solicitation/distribution rule, creating the impression that employees’ protected activities were under surveillance, and subjecting employees to closer scrutiny in retaliation for their support of the Union.