Joining a union whether the union is recognized by your employer or not Īssisting a union in organizing your fellow employees Įmployees covered by the National Labor Relations Act are afforded certain rights to join together to improve their wages and working conditions, with or without a union.Įmployees have the right to attempt to form a union where none currently exists, or to decertify a union that has lost the support of employees.įorming, or attempting to form, a union in your workplace 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).