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"Know your rights"
A guide to
federal labor law...part 1
from:
Statutory Supplement To
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Second Edition
page 64 LABOR RELATIONS
RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
§ 7. (§ 157)
Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form,
join, or assist labor organizations, 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 aid or protection, and shall also have
the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to
the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement
requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of
employment as authorized in section 8(a)(3).
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
§ 8. (§ 158) (a) It shall be an unfair labor practice for
an employer--
(1) to interfere with,
restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights
guaranteed in section 7;
(2) to dominate or interfere
with the formation or administration of any labor organization or
contribute financial or other support to it: Provided, That
subject to rules and regulations made and published by the Board
pursuant to section 6, an employer shall not be prohibited from
permitting employees to confer with him during working hours
without loss of time or pay;....
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LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT page 65
(3) by discrimination in regard to hire or
tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to
encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization: ..
(4) to discharge or otherwise
discriminate against an employee because he has filed charges or
given testimony under this Act;
(5) to refuse to bargain
collectively with the representatives of his employees, subject to
the provisions of section 9(a).
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