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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is a federal government agency, founded by Congress in 1935. The primary responsibility of the NLRB is to administer the National Labor Relations Act.
National Labor Relations Act
The Act is the main law governing relationships between unions and private sector employers. The Act guarantees the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers.
The Act ensures that non-union employees and employees who join, support or assist unions may not be discriminated against by either employers or by unions. It also protects non-union groups of two or more employees who attempt, without a union, to bargain with their employer over wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Employees who are not union members are generally considered to be "at-will" employees. Employers may terminate, demote, transfer, or promote these employees without oversight. Employees who believe they were discriminated against or subjected to unfair labor practices should seek counsel. Find claim information here.
Learn more about the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
In one of my favorite NLRB decisions, in 2001, the NLRB ruled that at the Crown Cork & Seal plant, the employee teams could not be classified as labor organizations since they had 'supervisory' authority to plan and implement their decisions.
(At the Crown Cork & Seal plant, employees on teams made decisions about production, safety and other workplace issues. An earlier, NLRB regional field office had found in favor of a complaining employee. A court decision had found for the company and the NLRB supported this finding.)
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