UNFAIR PRACTICE ISSUES; PROTECTED ACTIVITIES – In General

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A communication is presumptively protected under the MMBA if its central purpose is to apprise others of a workplace dispute and to enlist their support. Here, the union used its statewide federation to communicate with firefighters in other departments and dissuade them from applying for a fire captain position because the union believed the city’s decision to open the recruitment to outside candidates violated the MMBA. (Page 26.)