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At-will employment has nothing to do with this. At-will employment just means your employer has no contractual obligation to continue employing you for any peri
by calcsam 9y ago
At-will employment has nothing to do with this. At-will employment just means your employer has no contractual obligation to continue employing you for any period of time. Certain actions are still illegal under state / federal law such as firing you for:
* your sexual orientation
* race
* veteran status
* political views
* not sleeping with your boss
* etc
Organizing a union is one of these "protected" reasons why you cannot be fired. Of course your employer can pick another reason and say that's why they are firing you, which is what it looks like this company did. Whether that defense will hold up in court is another matter entirely.
- whoisjuan 9y agoThis is more or less what I was trying to say with my original comment. Although unionizing is protected, "at-will employment" also leaves a lot of gray areas that can be leveraged for an employer to justify a termination. For example insubordination. The employer can claim that an employee was being hostile and creating a stressful work environment.