NEW YORK TEAMSTERS CELEBRATE WORKER FREE SPEECH LEGISLATION

Governor Signs Mandatory Ban on Captive Audience Meetings Into Law.

(ALBANY, N.Y.) – New York Teamsters are commending the signing of a bill protecting worker free speech rights (S.4982/A.6604) into state law by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The legislation bans mandatory attendance at “captive audience” meetings – employer-held, closed-door gatherings where workers are forced under threat of termination to listen to deceptive misinformation designed to dissuade them from organizing.