NLRB Section 7 Rights

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, also known as Title 29, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, Section 157 of the US Code, gives workers the right to meet and form a union.

  1. History

    • Section 7, along with the rest of the National Labor Relations Act, passed during the height of the Great Depression as a way to help protect workers rights' in regards to forming labor unions and provide protection from fear or reprisals from management.

    Non-Union Members

    • Workers who are not in a union also have the right to engage any collective action they wish to undertake regarding labor rights in their workplace in any case except for employees of airlines and train companies.

    Right Not to Organize

    • Workers also have the right not to affiliate with a union or other collective bargaining unit unless employment at a company is expressly dependent upon membership in a union under Section 8 (a3) of the National Labor Relations Act.

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