Submitted by Andrea on May 5, 2009 - 2:11pm.
Know Your Rights!
The most POWERFUL way to guarantee our rights as workers and our future is to form a union. State and federal laws offer certain protections…
By law, we have the right to:
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Talk about the union during work-time, just as we are able to talk about the weather or a ballgame.
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Attend meetings to learn about the union, devise organizing strategies and support each other.
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Read and distribute union literature in non-work areas during non-work time.
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Wear union insignia, such as union stickers and hats in the workplace in order to generate support for the union.
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Sign a UAW petition asking our employer to recognize and bargain with us as a union.
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Sign petitions or file grievances about our wages, working conditions and other job issues.
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Ask other employees to support the union, to sign petitions and go file grievances.
Under the same law, our employer legally cannot:
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Threaten to or actually fire, lay-off, discipline, harass, transfer or reassign us because we support the union.
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Favor those workers who don’t support the union by awarding promotions, job assignments, wage increases, improved hours and working conditions, or by applying uneven enforcement of rules.
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Close or threaten to close the plant, or reduce benefits and privileges we already enjoy to discourage union activity.
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Promise us a pay increase, promotion, benefit or special favor if we oppose the union.
The UAW has fought for and won many legal battles in court against employers who use these illegal tactics.
You can verify all of the above information by logging onto www.nlrb.gov and then click on What are my rights as an employee?
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