Court backs labor board on Jimmy John’s protests

Published March 28, 2016 4:34pm ET



A Jimmy John’s franchisee illegally fired workers who publicly linked their complaints about sick leave to questions about restaurant food safety, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

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