Your Right to Join A Union

It is your right to join and support a union at your workplace.  Your rights to organize are set forth in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA):  "Employees shall have the right to self-organization; to form, join, or assist labor organization; to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aide or rotection..."  This means that you have the legal right to help orgainize, to join, and to support a Union of your own choosing.  This includes, but is not limited to, such activities as:

                        ***wearing union stickers, pins, or buttons

                        ***filling out a union authorization card

                        ***getting others to fill out cards during your work breaks

                        ***attending union meetings

                        ***passing out union literature during your work breaks

                        ***talking about the union to other employees

If you believe that your right to organize has been violated, call Teamsters Local 449 at (716) 874-2200.