Salting (union organizing)
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Salting is a
labor union tactic involving the act of getting a job at a specific workplace with the intent of organizing a union.[1]
A person so employed is called a "salt".
The tactic is often discussed in the
Starbucks Workers Campaign.[2]
In Toering Elec. Co., 351 N.L.R.B. No. 18 (Sept. 29, 2007), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded that workers in the United States can be fired if they are believed to not be "genuinely interested" in obtaining the job. This category includes salting.[3][4] This decision was later superseded by a 2018 decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that further modified the criteria for when the NLRB can find that an employer violated the law by firing a salt.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Organizing Under Cover (Salting)". Industrial Workers of the World. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ Lipscombe, Carl (April 26, 2006). "Inside Job: Union Organizing Today". Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Hirsch, Jeffrey M. (October 4, 2007). "The NLRB Cuts Back on Salt(ing)".
- ISBN 978-0-8014-8446-9.
salting unions labor.
- ^ Robertson, Sara J. (23 April 2018). "Eighth Circuit Upholds National Labor Relations Act's Union "Salting" Protections". The National Law Review. National Law Forum, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Perryman, Neal F.; Jente, Michael L.; Wurm, William R. (March 2018). "Union "Salting" Protections in the National Labor Relations Act Affirmed by Eighth Circuit". LewisRice. Lewis Rice LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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