- Are you in agreement with the court’s assessment?
Yes
I am in agreement with the court’s decision because Jones hired the
replacement workers as permanent workers to the company. Also with
all of the evidence that the NLRB has received for the striking
workers and the replacement workers I feel as though the decision to
refuse the appeal is the correct action.
- Once the replacement workers are hired, does the employer owe any allegiance to the workers who went on strike?
No,
I do not believe so. Even though Jones did offer some of the striking
employee’s positions and some of them accepted I do not believe
that they had to do this because the replacement employees were hired
as permanent employees to the company. The striking employees were
costing the company money, why should they have to show allegiance to
people who do not truly care about the operations of the
organization.
- What would be an ethical resolution to this case?
An
ethical resolution would be to maintain every replacement employee
because they signed a contract of permanence, but to also offer jobs
to the workers that went on strike. If anyone in either group is
dissatisfied by these actions then since it is at-will they are free
to leave at any time.
