You Have
Rights!
Federal
Labor
Law
guarantees
that...
...Employees
shall
have the
right to
self-organization,
to form,
join, or
assist
labor
organizations,
and to
bargain
collectively
through
representatives
of their
own
choosing.
What
Does
This
Mean?
-
It
means
that
employees
have
the
legal
right
to
help
organize,
to
join
and
to
support
a
union
of
their
own
choosing.
This
includes
such
activities
as
signing
a
union
authorization
card,
getting
others
to
sign
cards,
attending
union
meetings,
wearing
union
buttons,
passing
out
union
literature
and
talking
to
other
employees.
It
states
that
employees
have
the
legal
right
to
join
together
and
work
as a
team
in
order
to
help
each
other.
-
It
also
states
that
employees
have
the
legal
right
to
deal
with
their
employer
as a
group,
rather
than
individually.
-
It
gives
employees
the
legal
right
to
take
such
group
action,
as
they
feel
necessary
in
order
to
gain
their
desired
goals
as
long
as
these
actions
violate
no
other
laws.
-
It
does
not
mean
that
employees
have
the
right
to
carry
on
union
activity
during
working
hours
or
to
allow
their
union
activity
to
interfere
with
their
jobs.
(For
this
purpose,
break
time
and
lunch
time
are
not
considered
as
working
hours).
The
company
cannot
interfere
with,
restrain
or
coerce
employees
in
the
exercise
of
their
rights.
Federal
Labor
Law
guarantees
that...
...The
company
cannot
discriminate
in
regard
to hire
or
tenure
of
employment
to
encourage
or
discourage
membership
in any
labor
organization.
What
Does
This
Mean?
-
It
means
that
employees
are
supposed
to
have
a
FREE
CHOICE
in
deciding
whether
or
not
they
want
to
use
their
right
to
organize.
Anything
that
an
employer
does
to
interfere
with
this
free
choice
is
against
the
law.
-
It
means
that
employers
who
get
"nose
trouble"
during
an
organizing
campaign
are
breaking
the
law.
An
employer
is
not
to
question
employees,
or
question
others
how
an
employee
feels
regarding
unions,
i.e.,
who
signed
cards,
which
employees
are
pushing
the
union,
who
attended
meetings,
what
occurred
at
these
meetings,
etc.
It
is
none
of
their
business.
-
It
means
that
an
employer
is
not
to
make
any
promises
of
raises,
promotions
or
other
benefits
in
order
to
influence
employees
in
the
exercise
of
their
rights.
-
It
means
that
an
employer
cannot
take
away,
or
threaten
to
take
away
any
benefits,
which
you
already
have
because
of
your
union
activity.
-
It
means
that
it
is
illegal
for
an
employer
to
penalize
an
employee
in
any
manner
because
of
his
union
activity
or
belief.
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