Workers Right To Know
UNION ORGANIZING IS ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE AND CHANGING LIVES FOR THE BETTER.
"Did you know that a vast majority of USA workers vote to join Union's every year?"
5 STEPS TO JOINING A UNION
1) UNITE WITH YOUR CO-WORKERS.
Workers meet with union organizers
to learn more about joining the union. A committee of workers and union organizers will gather signatures on union cards from people interested in becoming members.
2) A PETITION IS FILED AND VOTING DATE IS SET.
When a strong majority of workers sign union cards, the union will request for the Employer to recognize the union. If the employer does not recognize your right to a union, then the union will petition for a secret ballot election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an agency of the federal government, and ask them to conduct such election. The union, your company and the NLRB set the date of the election.
3) VOTE UNION YES.
When a majority of workers vote YES, we have the right to sit down with management to negotiate a contract and make improvements to our wages, benefits, and working conditions.
4) FORM A NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE.
A committee made up of co-workers and union representatives will meet with the
company to develop a union contract with guaranteed wages, benefits, and working conditions.
5) VOTE ON YOUR CONTRACT.
Together, we all decide whether we like the contract and vote to accept or reject it. No one pays union dues until after the majority approves the contract.
As best said by former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Labor
What Is The NLRB?
The NLRB is an independent federal agency enforcing the National Labor Relations Act, which guarantees the right of most private sector employees to organize, to engage in group efforts to improve their wages and working conditions, to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative, to engage in collective bargaining, and to refrain from any of these activities. It acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions.
