Representational Rights
You Have the Right to be in a Union!
It is your
right to
- Organize to negotiate with your employer your wages, hours and other terms and conditions.
- Join or assist a Union.
- Discuss Union matters with your coworkers during breaks and other non-work hours.
- Take action with other coworkers to improve your workplace conditions.
- Wear Union pins, hats, jackets and other Union gear, as long as it is not a safety hazard or interrupt production.
- Have Union representation during a meeting that may result in discipline, also known as Weingarten Rights.
It is illegal for an employer to
- Stop you from speaking about or soliciting for a Union during non-work hours or in non-work areas, such as parking lots and break rooms.
- Question you about your Union support to discourage you from engaging in Union activities.
- Take adverse actions on you, such as fire, demote, transfer or reduce your hours because of your participation in a Union.
- Promise or grant benefits to discourage Union support.