Warning: This post contains words that you used to not be able to say on TV.
The NLRB believes that vulgarity in connection with organizing campaigns is A-OK. As reported by Ben James at Law360 (subscription), the Board ruled that buttons and stickers that say “Cut the Crap” and “WTF” are not so offensive as to deprive the wearers of the protections of the National Labor Relations Act.
Since the Board previously ruled that it was unlawful for an employer to fire an employee who said on his Facebook page that his boss was a “nasty motherfucker” and “Fuck his mother and his entire fucking family,” this latest ruling shouldn’t surprise anyone. But you have to wonder, at what point, if any, would the NLRB say that vulgarity in connection with an organizing campaign has crossed the line?