US labor board bans mandatory anti-union meetings in ruling against Amazon

Amazon made unlawful promises and threats during mandatory meetings to discourage unionizing at a New York City warehouse, a US labor board said on Wednesday while banning employers from holding such meetings moving forward.

The National Labor Relations Board said that so-called “captive audience meetings,” which have been legal for decades and are routine during union campaigns, illegally interfere with workers’ rights to freely choose whether or not to unionise.