What the Law Says

Under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), you have the legal right to organize, support and join a union:

“Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representation of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining…”

You may:

• Help organize a union.
• Attend meetings to discuss organizing a union.
• Talk about the union on non-work time (such as during breaks or lunch) while at work.
• Read and distribute union literature on non-work time and in non-patient care areas while at work.
• Wear union buttons, stickers, pins or other union items.
• Sign a petition or card asking your employer to recognize and bargain with the union.
• Sign petitions, file grievances or engage in other concerted activity related to wages, hours, working conditions and other job-related issues.
• Ask other employees to support the union, sign petitions or cards or to file grievances.

Learn more about the right to organize:

• What the law says
• What your employer can’t do
• Protect your rights