Holding that circulation of a petition by an employee for the removal of a foreman against whom the employee held a personal grudge was not protected activity
Stating that employer can prohibit employees from wearing buttons emblazoned with the slogan "Don't be a Scab" because of slogan's inherent tension to incite unrest and resentment; however, the restriction does not include "passive inoffensive advertisement of organizational aims and interests . . . which in no way interferes with discipline and production"
29 U.S.C. § 151 Cited 5,091 times 34 Legal Analyses
Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"