Posted on March 4, 2011 by Seth Borden

NLRB Explains Its Google Ads, Discontinuation of Practice

Earlier this week, NAM's Shopfloor blog posted a piece noting that Google featured ads for the National Labor Relations Board's website, under the heading "Labor Organizations Info" and reading:

Find Info on How to Start a Union

Get the Process and More on Our Site!

Shopfloor and LaborUnionReport both questioned why a federal agency might be using taxpayer dollars to promote the formation of unions.

Late this afternoon, the National Labor Relations Board issued a brief "Fact Check" statement, purportedly to correct what it calls "an error of fact" thus:

It has been reported that the NLRB spent Agency funds on Google ads. An initial review indicates that the ads were provided at no charge beginning in 2008 by Google.

And...

The Agency has decided to discontinue them.

 

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