ban<\/strong> you from “fraterniz[ing] on duty or off duty … with co-employees.”<\/p>\nHUH?<\/p>\n
It’s been ruled before that employers have a lot of say in what you can do while at work or “on the job,” but this goes a step further, allowing an employer to tell you what to do while not at work – and to have legal recourse against you if you don’t do as they say.<\/p>\n
Unreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some people worry about the powers that unions have, and the abuses of that power … they argue that unions give too much of an advantage to workers, at the expense of the employer. 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