WinCo operates a grocery store in California on a 10-acre lot. In accordance with company policy, WinCo allows no solicitors on its premises except for allowing scouts to sell cookies. When a local union was campaigning for the upcoming election, nonemployee union representatives came on the premises and passed out pro-union literature in the company parking lot and in the employee cafeteria during an unpaid  hour. WinCo forced the organizers to vacate the premises, and the union complained.

CASE QUESTIONS

1. Does WinCo have the right to limit the local union’s campaign activities on its property? What would WinCo have to prove in order to do so?  an example.

2. Would the union’s actions have any impact on the upcoming election? Explain.