The NLRA is a federal law that grants employees the right to form or join unions; engage in protected, concerted activities to address or improve working conditions; or refrain from engaging in these activities.
Does the NLRB protect non union employees?
Protection for nonunion employees under the NLRA, Section 7 The NLRA protects the right of employees to form and join unions and to bargain collectively with management concerning the terms and conditions of employment.
What legal responsibilities do employers have regarding unions?
Although employers cannot prevent unions from soliciting to their employees or punish employees for supporting a union, employers can express their disproval of labor unions to employees. Employers also have the right to fair bargaining. Labor unions are also compelled to act in a good faith during negotiations.
What are the rules employers and union organizers must follow during an organizational campaign?
The rules that employers and union must follow during an organizational campaign is TIPS (threaten, interrogate, promise and spy) and FORE (facts, opinions, rules and experience).
How does Right to Work affect unions?
“Right to work” is the name for a policy designed to take away rights from working people. Backers of right to work laws claim that these laws protect workers against being forced to join a union. The reality is that federal law already makes it illegal to force someone to join a union.
What to do when your union fails to represent you?
If you believe the union is violating its duty of fair representation, you must file a complaint with the Board within 90 days of when you knew or, in the opinion of the Board, ought to have known, of the actions or circumstances giving rise to the complaint.
What to do if your employees want to unionize?
What you CAN say/do:
- Tell your employees that the Company prefers to remain non-union and that you would like them to vote “NO”;
- Tell your employees that they are free to support the union or not, as they see fit, but you hope they vote against it;
