Your Rights in the United States

You have a legal right to:

• Join a union.
• Attend a union meeting on your own time.
• Talk to a union organizer.
• Declare yourself a union supporter.
• Assist in forming a union.

Employers are forbidden by law to engage in certain conduct. Your employer may NOT legally:

• Threaten you with discharge or punishment if you engage in union activity.
• Threaten to shut down business if workers form a union.
• Prevent you from soliciting members during non-working hours.
• Question you about union matters, union meetings, or union supporters.
• Ask you how you or other workers intend to vote in an election.
• Ask you whether you belong to a union or have signed up to join a union.
• Transfer you to or assign you to a less desirable work assignment because of your union activity.
• Threaten to terminate your benefits because you unionize.
• Threaten a layoff or loss of jobs in retaliation for voting for a union.