In a teacher’s email to other teachers, he accused administrators of lying. Insubordination, right? The school’s within its legal rights to fire him, isn’t it?
An administrative law judge (ALJ) doesn’t think so.
He’s determined the teacher was exercising his rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when he sent the email. How? By banding together with other employees to discuss working conditions. Based on that, the ALJ found the private school committed an unfair labor practice by firing him for the email.
Now the ALJ has suggested the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order the school to reinstate him, reimburse him for any losses, and post a prominent sign that says it “violated Federal labor law.”
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Reprinted with permission from Private Education Law Report.
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