There are many "employee organizations" similar to the one at the Miami Ballet throughout the country but with varying structures. Employers, particularly sophisticated ones like law firms, create them as legitimate forums to hear employees' opinions. These are almost all illegal under 8(a)(2) but are never prosecuted because the arrangement seems to work for everyone. And because the employers, unlike the Miami Ballet, don't use them as a cudgel to quell organizing - or at least that we know of.
There are many "employee organizations" similar to the one at the Miami Ballet throughout the country but with varying structures. Employers, particularly sophisticated ones like law firms, create them as legitimate forums to hear employees' opinions. These are almost all illegal under 8(a)(2) but are never prosecuted because the arrangement seems to work for everyone. And because the employers, unlike the Miami Ballet, don't use them as a cudgel to quell organizing - or at least that we know of.