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Workers Win Facebook Fight Against Giant
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 June 4, 2012 | Leaders of the UFCW and the Teamsters have successfully backed down supermarket chain Giant that attempted to impose restrictive rules on the use of social media outside the workplace on more than 100,000 workers acrid the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions, union officials said. Complaints to the NLRB have resulted the company withdrawing the disputed policy, and a settlement of similar complaints is imminent in the Baltimore area. The fight erupted late last year when the company began demanding that employees sign a “Social Policy Guidelines” document that warned of dire consequences if workers used social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to communicate too freely about their jobs. The grocery chain threatened disciplinary action, including possible dismissal, if employees refused to sign the document or violated any of the guidelines. Full story at Working in These Times.
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