A number of business organizations filed suit yesterday in a Connecticut federal district court challenging on free speech grounds a Connecticut statute that protects employees from being made into captive audiences. The statute imposes liability on employers that discipline employees who refuse to attend employer-sponsored meetings or listen to employer communications whose primary purpose is to express the employer's views on religious or political matters. The complaint (full text) in Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. Bartolemo, (D CT, filed 11/1/2022), also contends that the state law is pre-empted by the National Labor Relations Act. Ct Mirror reports on the lawsuit.
