Chapter 26
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT
Summary
- The NLRA applies to all employers engaged in interstate commerce.
- The NLRA applies to almost all employees except supervisors and independent contractors.
- Employers cannot:
- threaten employees with adverse action for engaging in union activities;
- interrogate employees about their union activities;
- promise employees benefits for not getting involved in union activity;
- spy on union activities;
- dominate, assist in forming or running, or contribute support to a union;
- discriminate against employees to encourage or discourage union membership;
- discriminate against employees for participating in NLRB procedures; or
- refuse to bargain in good faith.
- Unions cannot:
- direct violence or threaten employees who refuse to support the union;
- sponsor mass picketing that obstructs worksite entrance;
- threaten job loss for failing to join or support a union where union membership is not compulsory;
- force or attempt an employer to unlawfully discriminate against an employee;
- bargain in bad faith with an employer; or
- threaten or engage in unlawful "secondary boycotts."