CWA LOCAL 4900
ORGANIZING
There is a destiny that makes us sisters and brothers.
No one goes their way alone.
All that we send into the lives of others,
Comes back into our own.
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National Labor Relations Act:
Section 7: “Employees shall have the right to
self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
representation of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted
activities for the purpose of collective bargaining…”
Also under Section 7, you
have the legal right to:
v
Attend meetings
to discuss joining a union
v
Read, distribute,
and discuss union literature as long as you do this in non-work areas during
non-work times, such as during breaks and lunch hours
v
Wear union
buttons, t-shirts, stickers, hats, or other such items on the job
v
Sign a card
asking your employer to recognize and bargain with the union
v
Sign petitions or
file grievances related to wages, hours, working conditions, and other job
issues
v
Ask other
employees to support the union, to sign union card petitions, or to file
grievances.
Section 8: “It shall be an unfair labor practice for an
employer to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of
the rights guaranteed in Section 7…”
DID YOU KNOW:
ü
President Bush is
trying to change your right to overtime pay?
ü
Company leaders
think you should pay a share of your benefits?
ü
That Union
workers, on average, receive:
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20% higher wages?
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35% more paid
leave?
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56% higher
benefit packages?
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69% better
retirement benefits?
CWA is the only organization
in the country that is totally focused
and committed to understanding your
industry and putting that knowledge to work so that workers, like you, can have
a voice along with management and owners.
Seize the opportunity! It is the time to assert your inalienable right to
freedom of speech and self-organization. It is time to form your
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(317) 786-1441
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