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https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act

National Labor Relations Act

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Sec. 7. [§ 157.] Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 8(a)(3) [section 158(a)(3) of this title].

UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

Sec. 8. [§ 158.] (a) [Unfair labor practices by employer] It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer--

(1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7 [section 157 of this title];

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[friedButter]

Interesting.. thanks

I didnt realize employment was so heavily regulated in US

[qsymmachus]

It's very lightly regulated compared to most other industrialized countries.

[DaiPlusPlus]

It isn’t. Not by a far stretch compared to other well-developed nations. The rules about protected-classes are almost all the regulation there is.

[friedButter]

>Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 8(a)(3) [section 158(a)(3) of this title].

Unless I'm reading this wrong, it means that employers have no ability to stop their employees from forming a union, to fire them for forming a union and to hire non union employees without the unions approval. I can understand such regulations in socialist countries like India (where other than IT, most industries do have strong unions, with legal and politican support). However it seems to be against the image US projects

[pdeuchler]

> and to hire non union employees without the unions approval

> socialist countries like India

Stop trolling