Working people in all walks of life join together in unions to gain at work, union members have a say about pay, benefits, working conditions and how their jobs get done and having that say gives them a “Union Advantage.”
If you do not have a union at your job, find out more about forming one. Today, more people are the taking steps to form unions on the job than any time in recent history. You can be one of them!
Here are three steps to get you started:
STEP ONE: Know Your Rights
It is hereby declared to be the police of the United States to…encourage the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and to protect…the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection.
Federal or National Labor Relations Act (Which ever May apply)
Federal and state laws guarantee the right to form unions! Eligible employees have the right to express their views on unions, to talk with their co-workers about their interest in forming a union, to wear union buttons, to attend union meetings and in many other ways to exercise their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association.
Despite these laws, many employers strongly resist employees’ efforts to gain a voice at work through unionization. So, before you start talking union where you work, get in touch with a union that will help you organize.
Supervisors and few other types of employees, customarily, are excluded from coverage. For more information, or specific laws regarding your positioncontact a union organizer as described below.
What is the National Labor Relations Act
STEP TWO: Contact NUPSA.
To form a union on your job, you will need the support and hands-on help provided by the National Union of Protective Services Associations professionals. Find out more information by calling NUPSA and you will be in contact with the right people to help you form a union.
In communities across the country, NUPSA has a staff that brings everyone together to work toward common goals. To find out about union activity in your community, contact our office and staff members will assist you with your needs.
STEP THREE: Get in Touch with a Union Organizer
Union organizers assist employees in forming unions on the job to give them the same opportunity for dignity and respect, good wages and decent working conditions that union members already have. To get in touch with a union organizer, call NUPSA for the only union that represents Security Enforcement Officers.
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