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Can Personal Posts become Professional Problems?
Social media is an unavoidable part of everyday life, it is how people communicate and document their experiences. However, it is very easy for an informal post to go beyond the intended audience of close family and friends, reaching the general public. This means that one’s persona on social media can be seen by employers as a proxy for their professionalism and personal judgment. While the internet operates as a virtual “Wild West” with little to no rules, federal organizations offer some guidance as to employees’ communication and expression on social media like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ultimately it is on the employees to understand the risks a social media presence poses and what protections exist.
Return of the Union: How Workers are Organizing and Corporations Are Trying to Stop Them
In the last few years, especially after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a noticeable growth in US labor organizing. Workers all over the country, from both large corporations and small companies, have gone on strikes and began forming labor unions in an effort to get better wages, working conditions, and benefits. Most recently, employees at large rail unions rejected a tentative deal to avert a walkout in September 2022 after it failed to adequately address their concerns. This is the latest, but certainly not the only, instance of workers demonstrating their increased bargaining power. We have also seen increased unionization movements by corporate employees at corporations like Amazon, Google, and Starbucks. However, as more corporate employees attempt to unionize, corporations have begun to push back, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has stepped in to put a stop to blatant anti-unionization efforts.