Employers in Delaware can no longer punish workers who decline to attend meetings where managers express their views on union organizing, politics or religion. Gov. Matt Meyer signed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84 into law earlier this month. The law restricts “captive audience” meetings, which employers often use to discourage union organizing and intimidate workers exercising their federal right to unionize.
UFCW Local 27’s Legislative staff worked with Delaware legislators to craft the pro-worker law and helped push it forward.
“Your paycheck should never be used as a weapon to pressure you out of joining a union. HS 1 for HB 84 gives Delaware workers important protection against union busting by allowing them to refuse employer anti-union meetings without fear of retaliation. This is a victory for workers’ freedom to stand together and bargain for a better life,” said Nelson Hill, president of the Delaware State AFL-CIO and a vice president with UFCW Local 27.
Delaware joins more than a dozen other states with similar laws, including Maryland, where a ban took effect Oct. 1, as well as Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York.