Wireless telecommunications carrier T-Mobile established an illegal company union that must be dissolved, a divided appeals court panel ruled January 12, 2024. T-Voice, a worker feedback program created by T-Mobile, fit the definition of a labor organization under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held. The panel ruled 2 to 1 that T-Mobile violated the NLRA by dominating the organization and upheld an order from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) that the company must abolish T-Voice. The case is T-Mobile USA v. National Labor Relations Board (D.C. Cir. January 12, 2024).
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