Legal Opinion
Felix Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 12, 2001No. 00-1239PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
An employee telephoned his supervisor to press his right under a collective bargaining agreement to receive premium pay for working night shifts. In the ensuing conversation the employee thrice directed obscenities at his supervisor, for which he was promptly fired. The National Labor Relations Board decided that the firing violated § 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act, § 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1), because the employee’s conduct remained protected by § 7 of that Act, 29 U.S.C. § 157, notwithstanding his abusive…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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