Sept 7, 2012 (NLRB)issued a ruling that will likely deem koch's social media policy unlawful.

"Since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the Kochs and other employers can now make partisan political communications directly to their employees. As a private employer the Kochs can even limit their employees' speech, since the First Amendment only protects against government infringement on free speech and expression. Employers are also afforded wide latitude to fire workers for their political activities.

Despite this, on September 7, 2012 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling that will likely deem the Kochs' social media policy unlawful."

"Currently, the legal protections for [the workplace speech of] private sector employees are slim, to say the least," said Paul Secunda, an associate professor at Marquette Law School who specializes in labor and employment law.

Private sector employees find no protection under the federal constitution and almost no protection under state laws for workplace speech. One of the few protections comes from the National Labor Relations Act, a federal law protecting worker rights enforced by the NLRB. Among other things, the Act prohibits employer practices that restrain workers from taking concerted action -- including communications -- related to the terms or conditions of their employment."

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11801/koch-social-media-policy-may-be-unlawful-employers-still-have-broad-leeway-limit-

Most of our reaction to Citizen United was money = speech, but now we see how impacting this ALEC piece of legislation is having of our first amendment rights....We see this crack down in our public work places in Wisconsin via our Capital building...Scott Walker's police chief of the Capital is citing people tickets for not having a permit to sing, or hold signs in our building. Some at the Capital feel that they don't need permission to exercise their rights...Hopefully when these ticket's are addressed in court, so will this free speech violation....