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Shouldnt employers have the right to refuse to negotiate with a union and instead hire non union employees if any are available?

overcast 9y ago
https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act National Labor Relations Act ——————————————————— 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]; ——————————————
- friedButter 9y ago
  Interesting.. thanks I didnt realize employment was so heavily regulated in US
  - qsymmachus 9y ago
    It's very lightly regulated compared to most other industrialized countries.
  - DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
    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 9y ago
      >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 9y ago
        > and to hire non union employees without the unions approval > socialist countries like India Stop trolling

overcast 9y ago

https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act National Labor Relations Act ——————————————————— 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]; ——————————————

friedButter 9y ago
Interesting.. thanks I didnt realize employment was so heavily regulated in US
- qsymmachus 9y ago
  It's very lightly regulated compared to most other industrialized countries.
- DaiPlusPlus 9y ago
  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 9y ago
    >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 9y ago
      > and to hire non union employees without the unions approval > socialist countries like India Stop trolling