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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) protects your right to vote your free choice in a fair, honest, secret-ballot election.
Under Section 7 of the NLRA, employees have the right:
To self-organization
To form, join, or assist labor organizations
To bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing
To act together for the purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection
To refuse to do any of all of these things
Your rights during an election are protected by the NLRB. Neither employers nor unions can interfere with your right to an honest election. The following are examples of conduct which is NOT allowed by the NLRB and may cause the setting aside of an election:
Threatening loss of jobs or benefits
Promising or granting promotions, pay raises, or other benefits, to influence an employee's vote by a party capable of carrying out such promises
An employer firing employees to discourage or encourage union activity or a union causing them to be fired to encourage union activity
Making campaign speeches to assembled groups of employees on company time within the 24-hour period before the election
Incitement by of racial or religious prejudice by inflammatory appeals
Threatening physical force or violence to employees to influence their vote
If you have any questions about your rights to organize call the ILWU or call the National Labor Relations Board.