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Management or Company Officials Cannot:

  • Attend any union meeting, park across the street from the meeting place to see which employees attend the meeting, or engage in any under-cover activity which would make employees feel they are being spied upon to determine who is participating in the Union campaign.
  • Tell employees the company will fire or punish them if they engage in Union activity.
  • Lay-off, discharge or discipline any employee for Union activity.
    • Grant employees wage increases, promotions or benefits in order to keep the Union out.
  • Ask employees about their own Union membership or activities or those of fellow employees, including meeting attendance, card soliciting or signing and other forms of Union participation.
  • Assign work to create conditions intended to get rid of an employee because of Union activity.
  • Ask employees how they intend to vote.
  • Threaten employees with economic reprisals for participating in Union activities. For example, threaten to close or sell the facility, lay-off workers or reduce employee benefits.
  • Promise benefits to employees of they vote against the Union.
  • Announce that the company will not bargain with a Union.
  • Discriminate against Union supporters when assigning overtime or desirable work.
  • Purposely team up anti-Union employees and keep them apart from Union supporters.
  • Transfer workers on the basis of Union activities.
  • Choose employees to be laid-off on the basis of weakening the Union’s strength.
  • Discipline Union supporters for a particular action, and allow anti-Union employees to go unpunished for the same action.
  • Go against company policy for the purpose of getting rid of a Union supporter.
  • Take actions that adversely affect an employee’s job or pay rate because of Union activity.
  • Threaten a Union supporter through a third party.
  • Threaten workers or coerce them in an attempt to influence their vote.
  • Tell employees overtime work or premium pay will be discontinued if the facility is organized.
  • Start a petition against the Union, or take part in it’s circulation if started by employees.
  • Urge employees to try to influence others to oppose the Union.
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