Bettie Page Clothing
Over a course of an approximately one year in 2012 Bettie Page’s clothing company was caught in a case with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) where they fired a few of their employees regarding social media post about the management at Bettie Page. “Bettie Page is a wholesale and retail clothing manufacturer that operates high end stores in San Francisco, CA. and Las Vegas, NV.” (Alerts).
A few employees at the San Francisco location began complaining about their manager Hayley Griffin to the store manager Carla Avila who is located over at the Las Vegas location. Holly Thomas, one of the employees of the San Francisco location complained to Avila about Griffin’s management style and how they were being miss-treated. …show more content…
They also stated that they felt that their manager used her title to bully, manipulate, and intimidate the workers under her. The owner of Bettie Page, Jan Glaser, was notified of the issue and she called a meeting with all of the concerned parties. The result from that meeting was not very positive as no one was disciplined by the owner not even Ms. Griffin. The employees that complained about Haley Griffin were unhappy about the decision or lack of that was made. They then took their frustration out on the social media sight Facebook. The three employees from the San Francisco location (Holly Thomas, Vanessa Morris, and Brittany Johnson) posted a series of negative post about the meeting and the decision that was made. One of the employees also mentioned that Bettie Page was violating section 8 under the labor law and that they would bring in the “California Workers Right” book and place it in the break room. The conversation post that was on Facebook got back around to the company and the company eventually terminated all three of the employees. The employees that were fired went to court stating that the company violated section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA. The final …show more content…
I currently work for a company who employs a few thousand employees and I am sure this would affect each employee in a different manner and those employees would have different opinions. I am sure that the majority of the employees would agree with the decision that was made final as this protects an employee under the concerted activity law where a company cannot retaliate against an employee and defines the activities that employees may do without fear of retaliation. Others may not agree with the decision simply because they would believe that an employee should not talk about their employer over social media and or speak negative about the employer over social media where the entire “world” can see. They may also believe that these types of discussions should be held private and talked amongst the ones that participated in the discussion and not posted all over social media. In all essence no matter how many employees either disagree or agree on the verdict made I believe this may bring a negative impact to the working environment between the company and its employees. To me this would bring some sense of uneasiness with the employees since the company terminated a few employees over their personal Facebook
Over a course of an approximately one year in 2012 Bettie Page’s clothing company was caught in a case with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) where they fired a few of their employees regarding social media post about the management at Bettie Page. “Bettie Page is a wholesale and retail clothing manufacturer that operates high end stores in San Francisco, CA. and Las Vegas, NV.” (Alerts).
A few employees at the San Francisco location began complaining about their manager Hayley Griffin to the store manager Carla Avila who is located over at the Las Vegas location. Holly Thomas, one of the employees of the San Francisco location complained to Avila about Griffin’s management style and how they were being miss-treated. …show more content…
They also stated that they felt that their manager used her title to bully, manipulate, and intimidate the workers under her. The owner of Bettie Page, Jan Glaser, was notified of the issue and she called a meeting with all of the concerned parties. The result from that meeting was not very positive as no one was disciplined by the owner not even Ms. Griffin. The employees that complained about Haley Griffin were unhappy about the decision or lack of that was made. They then took their frustration out on the social media sight Facebook. The three employees from the San Francisco location (Holly Thomas, Vanessa Morris, and Brittany Johnson) posted a series of negative post about the meeting and the decision that was made. One of the employees also mentioned that Bettie Page was violating section 8 under the labor law and that they would bring in the “California Workers Right” book and place it in the break room. The conversation post that was on Facebook got back around to the company and the company eventually terminated all three of the employees. The employees that were fired went to court stating that the company violated section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA. The final …show more content…
I currently work for a company who employs a few thousand employees and I am sure this would affect each employee in a different manner and those employees would have different opinions. I am sure that the majority of the employees would agree with the decision that was made final as this protects an employee under the concerted activity law where a company cannot retaliate against an employee and defines the activities that employees may do without fear of retaliation. Others may not agree with the decision simply because they would believe that an employee should not talk about their employer over social media and or speak negative about the employer over social media where the entire “world” can see. They may also believe that these types of discussions should be held private and talked amongst the ones that participated in the discussion and not posted all over social media. In all essence no matter how many employees either disagree or agree on the verdict made I believe this may bring a negative impact to the working environment between the company and its employees. To me this would bring some sense of uneasiness with the employees since the company terminated a few employees over their personal Facebook