Audience: Local leader
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Once a Union is Formed
Negotiating a Contract Once the company recognizes the union (via card check) or the union wins an NLRB election, the company and union must negotiate a contract which spells out terms of employment for those workers eligible for the contract. …
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Your Right to Organize
The right to have a union, support a union, and engage in union activity is protected by State and Federal law. It is illegal for management to harass, intimidate, punish, or fire anyone for exercising your legally protected right to organize.
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Tools to Assist Local Presidents
A variety of tools are available to local association presidents to help them carry out leadership functions and to familiarize them with OEA operations and services. The following tools are available from the specified OEA departments listed below. Regular communications …
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Forming a union
Step 1: Initial Contacts Organizers and employees meet to assess the level of interest among coworkers and determine who might want to take a leadership role in the organizing drive. Step 2: Building An Organizing Committee Employees who strongly support …