WHY SHOULDN'T WORKERS
HAVE REPRESENTATION???!!!
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) enacted in 1935
and later
amended in 1947, provides the legal framework for organizing, bargaining and
protecting employees who organize in the private sector. The rights of employees
are set forth in Section 7 of the Act:
Employees shall have the
right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to
bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to
engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective
bargaining....
Furthermore, Section 8(a) of the NLRA
dictates that: It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere
with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in
Section 7....
Examples of the rights protected under Section 7 of the NLRA include:
Forming or attempting to form a union
among the employees of a company.
Joining a union whether the union is recognized by the employer or not.
Assisting a union to organize the employees of an employer.
Read, discuss and distribute pro-union literature.
Wear union hats, buttons, t-shirts, etc. on the job.
For organizing information, please contact
Rick Weirich at our main office,
(314)645-2236 or e-mail him at rweirich@ibew2.org.
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