Board Issues Decision in Region 21 Weingarten Case
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August 07, 2014
In another litigation win for Region 21, the Board in Ralph’s Grocery, 361 NLRB No. 9 (2014), ruled that the Employer violated Section 8 (a) (1) and (3) of the Act by firing an employee who refused to take a drug test without consulting a union representative first. The Board held that the refusal was intertwined with the worker's assertion of his Weingarten rights.