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Rats! Union Wins in Lawsuit Seeking Damages for Demonstrations Against Employer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
management report for nonunion organizations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-8286
pISSN - 0745-4880
DOI - 10.1002/mare.30550
Subject(s) - lawsuit , damages , law , political science , federal court , business , law and economics , economics , supreme court
Inflatables, such as rats, fat cats, and other caricatures, have been an arrow in the quiver of unions for quite some time. Plainly, the purpose of such attention‐getting balloons is to place public pressure on an employer who is the target of a union's discontent. An employer has limited options to respond to such demonstrations. What happens, however, when it is the customers of an employer who are targeted? It depends, as recently concluded by a New York federal court.