Donnie Earl Phillips, Jr. v. the State of Texas

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• holding that even though the term concerted is not defined in the act, it covers an employee’s “invocation of a right grounded in his collective bargaining agreement”
• holding that honest and reasonable invocation of collectively bargained right constitutes \concerted activity\ under § 7 of NLRA
• reaffirming that the NLRB should determine the scope of its authority under § 7 of the NLRA in the first instance
• explaining that a single employee’s invocation of rights set forth in a [collective bargaining agreement (CBA)] is presumed to be concerted activity because the CBA was put into effect by group action
• deferring to agency interpretation of statute defining the scope of employees' right to engage in concerted activities under the National Labor Relations Act
• deferring to agency interpretation of statute defining the scope of employees’ right to engage in concerted activities under the National Labor Relations Act

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