Are union members protected if they misbehave while participating in union activities?

Disciplining union members for engaging in conduct during the course of union activities (like protests) can be fraught with risk.  Employers may quickly find themselves faced with an adverse action claim, as was the case when BHP terminated a mineworker who had displayed the sign “No principles SCABS No guts” at a protest outside the front gates of BHP’s Saraji Mine in Queensland.

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