[August 05, 2011] BRIEF: Labor Board: BMW salesman wrongfully fired Tweet May 24, 2011 (Chicago Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Knauz BMW for allegedly wrongfully firing an employee who complained on his page about a dealership event. The complaint, filed Friday, involved a dealership to introduce a new BMW model at which hot dogs and bottled water were served to potential customers. Salesmen were unhappy with the quality of the food served and one salesman posted complaints about the food and posted photos on Facebook. A week later, the dealership asked the salesman to delete the posts, which he did but after a subsequent managers' meeting, the employee was fired, the agency said. The NLRB complaint charges that the employee's Facebook posting was protected under the National Labor Relations Act, because it concerned a discussion among employees about the terms and conditions of their employment. The case will be heard by an administrative law judge July 21 unless it is first settled. To see more of the Chicago Tribune, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.chicagotribune.com. Copyright (c) 2011, Chicago Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]