The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) guarantees the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers, and to engage in other protected concerted activity.

UNDER THE NLRA, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO:

• MAINTAIN A STATUS QUO: After winning your union and during bargaining, the employer is required to maintain the status quo regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Any changes must be negotiated with the union.

• ORGANIZE to negotiate with your employer concerning your wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

• BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY through representatives of employees’ own choosing for a contract with your employer setting your wages, benefits, hours, and other working conditions.

• PROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY: TAKE ACTION with one or more co-workers to improve your working conditions by, among other means, raising work related complaints directly with your employer or with a government agency, and seeking help from a union representative.  (Example: sign a petition, wear stickers, act together to deliver a unified message).

• WEINGARTEN RIGHTS are the right of employees, upon request, to have their union representative present during an interview that the employee reasonably believes could lead to discipline.

UNDER THE NRLA, IT IS ILLEGAL FOR YOUR EMPLOYER TO:

• QUESTION YOU about your union support or activities in a manner that discourages you from engaging in that activity.

• FIRE, DEMOTE, OR TRANSFER YOU, OR REDUCE YOUR HOURS, OR CHANGE YOUR SHIFT, or otherwise take adverse action against you, or threaten to take any of these actions, because you join or support a union, or because you engage in concerted activity for mutual aid and protection.

• PROHIBIT YOU from wearing union hats, buttons, t-shirts, and pins in the workplace except under special circumstances.

• SPY ON, OR VIDEOTAPE, PEACEFUL UNION ACTIVITIES and gatherings or pretend to do so.

• PROHIBIT YOU from soliciting for a union during non-work time, such as before or after work or during break times: or from distributing union literature during non-work time, in non-work areas such as parking lots or break rooms.