Editing Lowe's (section)

==Labor relations==
In April 2019, a [[National Labor Relations Board]] (NLRB) judge found that Lowe's had violated the [[National Labor Relations Act of 1935|National Labor Relations Act]] by illegally forbidding workers from discussing their pay.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Burden |first1=Lisa |last2=Tornone |first2=Kate |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Lowe's policy forbidding workers from discussing pay is unlawful, NLRB judge says |url=https://www.hrdive.com/news/lowes-policy-forbidding-workers-from-discussing-pay-is-unlawful-nlrb-judg/522086/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206080804/https://www.hrdive.com/news/lowes-policy-forbidding-workers-from-discussing-pay-is-unlawful-nlrb-judg/522086/ |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=HR Dive |language=en-US}}</ref>

In August 2022, Lowe's announced that it was awarding $55 million in bonus income to front-line workers, and that it was offering staff discounts on common household and cleaning items in light of recent [[United States Consumer Price Index|inflationary pressures]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wile |first=Rob |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Lowe's is awarding $55 million in bonuses for hourly workers to fight inflation |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/lowes-employee-bonuses-and-bigger-discounts-fight-inflation-rcna43500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701170434/https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/lowes-employee-bonuses-and-bigger-discounts-fight-inflation-rcna43500 |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2022, a group of 172 workers at a Lowe's store in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, organizing under the banner of Lowe's Workers United and led by a worker at the store named Felix Allen, filed for a union election with the NLRB.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sainato |first=Michael |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Lowe's faces organization effort as US unionization movement spreads |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/21/lowes-organization-effort-unionization-movement-big-box-retail |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409020549/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/21/lowes-organization-effort-unionization-movement-big-box-retail |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In June 2023, Felix Allen was fired,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McAuley |first=Tony |date=June 29, 2023 |title=Lowe's New Orleans worker claims he was fired for trying organize union |url=https://www.nola.com/news/business/lowes-worker-claims-he-was-fired-for-organizing-union/article_33bc6e0c-15ea-11ee-aef0-bf0fc1c66868.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509014344/https://www.nola.com/news/business/lowes-worker-claims-he-was-fired-for-organizing-union/article_33bc6e0c-15ea-11ee-aef0-bf0fc1c66868.html |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |website=[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate]] |language=en}}</ref> leading to multiple [[unfair labor practice]] charges being filed with the NLRB against Lowe's, accusing the company of multiple violations of labor law in response to the [[unionization]] drive at the New Orleans store, including surveillance, interrogation of employees, and retaliating against union organizers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stein |first=Michael Isaac |date=August 22, 2023 |title=How Lowe's fought back unionization in New Orleans |url=https://www.wwno.org/business/2023-08-22/how-lowes-fought-back-unionization-in-new-orleans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214193904/https://www.wwno.org/business/2023-08-22/how-lowes-fought-back-unionization-in-new-orleans |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=[[WWNO]] |language=en}}</ref>