Your Rights As A Worker:

In the United States, all workers have a right to:

• Join a union

• Attend union meetings

• Speak to union organizers

• Declare oneself a union supporter

• Assist in forming a union

Under federal law, employers may not:

• Threaten workers with punishment if workers engage in union activity

• Threaten to shut down the business if workers form a union

• Prevent unions from soliciting members outside of working hours

• Question workers about union matters or union meetings

• Ask whether workers belong to or plan to join a union

• Transfer workers to less desirable working conditions as retaliation for joining a union

• Threaten to terminate benefits or lower wages to prevent unionization

• Threaten a layoff or a loss of jobs because of a union

Learn more about specific laws:

• Click here to find itemized information about CA state employment and labor laws

• Click here for direct links to the federal laws that protect your labor rights

• Download these “Know Your Rights” brochures from the CA Labor Commissioner’s office