The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers’ Speech Protections

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Back in 2024, I wrote about a curious case at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was pursuing exotic legal theories that would, if adopted by the NLRB or courts, curtail the rights of workers across the country. This included the theory that the then–general counsel of the […]

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The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers’ Speech Protections Representative	jacobin.com	S2	2026-01-28 13:38:21