Tape Maker Illegally Disciplined Union Workers, Labor Board Says

An adhesive tape manufacturer violated federal labor law by suspending and disciplining union workers for their conduct during a heated meeting about a safety issue, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Neither Intertape Polymer Corp. workers’ conduct was so egregious that they lost the protection of the National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB held in its Monday ruling.

The decision turned on the NLRB’s application of a legal test that the current board reinstated in its 2023 ruling in Lion Elastomers LLC, a case that’s emerged as a political football in recent weeks.

For example, a business advocacy ...