10.2190/CFP7-P4VD-HTEQ-1X4X CFP7P4VDHTEQ1X4X 287 ISSUES EMERGING IN THE WAKE OF THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION RULING 287 295 20021107 20021107 20021107 20021107 CFP7P4VDHTEQ1X4X.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=CFP7P4VDHTEQ1X4X 4 BERNADETTE MARCZELY Cleveland State University, Ohio On November 2, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the National Labor Relations Board's decision to extend the right to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of mutual aid or protection in the workplace to nonunionized employees. This right, until now enjoyed only by unionized employees, guarantees that employees may request union or coworker representation at investigatory interviews likely to result in disciplinary action. However, as the theory on which this decision rests finds translation into practice, several significant issues have come to the fore for timely discussion. Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio v. National Labor Relations Board, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 23722, November 2, 2001. Standard Drywall Products, 91 NLRB 544 (1950), enfd. 188 F.2d 362 (3d. Cir. 1951). Susan J. McGolrick quoting Dan Yager, Vice-President and General Counsel of LPA Inc., in Daily Labor Report, "Management, Union Reactions Differ on D.C. Circuit Affirmance of Epilepsy," 215 DLR C-1 (2001), November 8, 2001, p. 3. Susan J. McGolrick quoting Management Attorney M. Jefferson Starling, in Daily Labor Report, "Extension of Weingarten Rights Debated at ABA Meeting on Development of Act," 35 DLR C-1 (2001), February 21, 2001, p. 2. Susan J. McGolrick quoting Nancy Schiffer, AFL-CIO Associate General Counsel, in Daily Labor Report, "Management, Union Reactions Differ on D.C. Circuit Affirmance of Epilepsy," The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 215 DLR C-1 (2001), November 8, 2001, p. 2. 29 U.S.C.S. 157 (1935). Baton Rouge Water and Works Co. and OPEIU, Case 15-CA-6820, 246 N.L.R.B. 995, 1979 NLRB LEXIS 58, December 14, 1979. Sprint Corporation and Dawn Figman, an Individual, Case 5-CA-29136, 2001 NLRB LEXIS 358, May 17, 2001. Young Broadcasting of Los Angeles, 331 NLRB No. 46 (2000). NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975). Gallup, Inc. and United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC,Cases 16-CA-19898, 16-CA-19898-2, 16-CA-19898-3, 16-CA-19898-4, 16-CA-20028, National Labor Relations Board, 2001 NLRB LEXIS 381, May 25, 2001. 2000 NLRB LEXIS 428, July 10, 2000. G.E. Lighting, Inc. and Ronald Robinson, An Individual, Case 9-CA-38063, 2001 NLRB LEXIS 489, July 16, 2001. Susan J. McGolrick quoting J. Robert Brame, former NLRB member, in Daily Labor Report, "Management, Union Reactions Differ on D.C. Circuit Affirmance of Epilepsy," 215 DLR C-1 (2001), November 8, 2001, p. 2.