Knowing your rights, Part 1 of 3

Here's a little quiz. Rate yourself on how much you know about your right to organize a union in your workplace.

You have the legal right to:

1. Attend meetings to discuss forming a union with co-workers. T/F?

2. Read, distribute and discuss union literature, as long as you do this in non-work areas and during non-work times—such as in the break room at lunch. T/F?

3. Wear union items on the job, such as buttons, stickers, t-shirts. T/F?

4. Sign a card asking your employer to recognize and bargain with your union. T/F?

5. Sign petitions or file grievances related to job issues. T/F?

6. Ask other employees to support the union, to sign union cards or petitions, or to file grievances. T/F?

Editor’s Note: The above info is based on a summary of your union organizing rights prepared by the St. Louis Newspaper Guild.

ANSWERS: 1-6 are all TRUE. Any retribution by your employer for the above activities are grounds for legal action.