Legal Definitions - salting

Definition: Salting is a tactic used by unions to organize workers in a nonunion workplace. It involves a union employee, known as a salt, getting a job at the targeted nonunion company with the goal of organizing the workforce. The salt is considered an employee of the company and is protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

1. The union sent a salt to work at the nonunion factory to try and organize the workers.

2. The salt was able to gain the trust of his coworkers and successfully organized a union at the nonunion company.

3. The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the company had violated the law by firing the salt for engaging in union activities.

These examples illustrate how salting works in practice. A union sends a salt to work at a nonunion company, and the salt works to gain the trust of their coworkers and organize them into a union. The salt is protected by the law, and if the company retaliates against them for engaging in union activities, they can file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.