Anonymous American Machinist 08-01-2001 Discharge of employee for union activities violates labor law Byline: Anonymous Volume: 145 Number: 8 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 08-01-2001 Page: 64 Type: Periodical Language: English Valmont Industries Inc.
Anonymous
American Machinist
08-01-2001
Discharge of employee for union activities violates labor law
Valmont Industries Inc. manufactures rapier poles at a plant in Brenham, Tex In 1996 after an unfortunate union campaign by the United Steelworkers, the company adopted a regularity that prohibited employees from distributing literature during "working time."
On Monday, July 28 1997 Michael Sharp, an employee in the shipping department, took a