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[ OUR RIGHTS ]
Congress enacted the
National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights
of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to
curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can
harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.
Excerpts from Sections 7 and 8:
Sec. 7. [§ 157.] 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 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) [section
158(a)(3) of this title].
Sec. 8. [§ 158.] (a) [Unfair labor practices by employer] It shall be
an unfair labor practice for an employer--
(1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise
of the rights guaranteed in section 7 [section 157 of this title];
(2) to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of
any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it:
Provided, That subject to rules and regulations made and published by
the Board pursuant to section 6 [section 156 of this title], an employer
shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with him
during working hours without loss of time or pay;
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