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Increase Free Speech Access to Employer Property

California Upholds Free Speech Access to Malls for Labor Boycotts

Nathan Newman on January 3, 2008 - 9:57am
On December 24th, the California Supreme Court gave a major Christmas present for labor rights, affirming that under California law, union members in a mall could distribute handbills calling for a consumer boycott of one of the mall's tenants. The decision, Fashion Valley Mall v. NLRB, built on an earlier state high court decision in 1980 that deemed malls to be a "public forum" where the public had free speech rights. The recent decision extended that principle to active labor boycotts -- a critical tool for labor to get its message out to consumers.

Protecting the Freedom to Form Labor Unions

PSN on January 8, 2007 - 10:54am

The past thirty years have seen a marked decline in job quality for a substantial portion of the U.S. workforce: stagnant wages, shrinking health benefits and less job security. While a number of factors explain this decline, there is little question that the decline in the strength of labor unions in the US has played a major role.

Court Denies Free Speech Right for Union Button

PSN on October 12, 2006 - 8:45am
The Bill of Rights is a nice idea, but for most workers, it disappears when they punch the clock to begin work each day, even when the employer is the government.