The First Amendment applies even to the CEOs of successful companies, but the National Labor Relations Board seems to disagree.

During their stints in the Oval Office, both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have used the National Labor Relations Board – an agency meant to serve as a referee in union elections and labor disputes – to significantly different ends, mirroring the board’s reputation for reflecting the policy priorities of whoever’s in power.

The National Labor Relations Board on Monday said Apple illegally interrogated staff about union sympathies in 2021.

The manager of an Apple Inc retail store in Manhattan violated U.S. labor law by asking an employee whether he supported a union campaign, a federal labor board has ruled in its first decision involving the tech giant.

Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case Apple tried to protest, but the complaints fell on deaf ears as the US National Labor Relations Board has finally decided the tech giant violated labor laws by interfering with union organizing activities at a New York City location.

A federal labor board ruled Apple violated labor laws when a retail store manager interrogated employees about joining a union and prohibited union fliers in the store’s break room.