Your Rights

Understanding your legal rights is the first step in making an informed, educated decision about unionization and how it might impact you and your family. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects an individual employee’s right to engage – or not to engage – in union support, membership, and other protected concerted activities. Your decision to support or not support unionization will in no way impact your employment.

You have the right to:

• Sign or not sign a union authorization card or petition
• Refrain from any union activity
• Engage in union activity and support the union
• Campaign against the union

If you believe your rights have been violated, you may contact Human Resources and/or the regional office of the NLRB.

The National Labor Relations Act also forbids the union or its agents from restraining or coercing employees who do not support the union.