Zoe,who works as a retail clerk,wishes to talk with her co-workers about organizing a union.Her employer forbids her from talking with other workers about union activity in the presence of customers and threatens to fire her if she joins the union.Does the employer have a legal right to make this threat to Zoe?

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The employer does have the right to limit the time and place of discussions about union organizing, but threatening to fire an employee for joining a union is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRA protects employees' rights to engage in concerted activities, including discussing union organizing, with their co-workers as long as it does not disrupt work or violate other legitimate employer interests. Therefore, the employer's threat to fire Zoe for joining a union is illegal.

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