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WHAT ARE MY LEGAL RIGHTS?

The United States government, through the National Labor Relations Act, gives you the legal right to:

• Help form or join a union;
• Bargain over wages, working conditions, and fringe benefits with your employer;
• Talk about the union at work as you would talk about any other subject;
• Distribute literature in non-work areas;
• Wear a union buttons and insignia at work;
• Have small group meetings at lunchtime or break time as long as you are not creating a disturbance or blocking movement of others;
• Solicit other employees for union membership, both on lunch or break time even on company property.

These rights are protected by the federal government, and your employer may not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

IT IS ILLEGAL FOR YOUR EMPLOYER TO:

• Threaten or coerce you in any way;
• Retaliate against you in any way for union activities;
• Close the facility or threaten, directly or indirectly, to close the facility simply because a union is organized;
• Lay off employees or threaten, directly or indirectly, to lay off employees simply because a union is organized;
• Threaten, directly or indirectly, that you will lose wages, benefits, or working conditions by choosing a union;
• Promise increases in pay or benefits during a campaign if employees vote against the union;
• Spy on your union activities;
• Ask you about your union activities or attitudes.

WEINGARTEN RIGHTS:

The right to have a co-worker or representative present when an employer brings a worker into a situation that could reasonably be construed as an investigatory interview regarding conduct that could implicate the worker and result in discipline against him/her. This rule applies to any worker interview which may reasonably be believed will give rise to discipline.