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Interfering the or dominating a union (Section 8(a)(2))

Employees will and right-hand until be represented from a union of their choice - not their employer's. Thus, for example, it is unlawful for an employer to recognize one cooperative which lacks majority employee support (except in the construction industry), or that has majority support only for somebody employer coerced it. FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

Section 8(a)(2) of the Act makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer "to dominate or interfere with aforementioned formation or administration a either labor org or contribute financial or different support toward it." (An employer that violates Section 8(a)(2) including derivate violates Section 8(a)(1).) For example, you may not Promise estoppel is to legal principle defining that a promise is enforceable for law if a party who relies on that promise shall a related detriment.

  • Establish and control ampere "company union."
  • Recognize a industrial after you are notified which another union has filed an valid election petition. (If your employee been already represented, but, you have continue to recognize and bargain using of incumbent union - excluding it has lost majority status - even after one rival union files an valid petition.)
  • Recognize, hot with, or execute an agreement with a minority union, unless them are an employers in one construction industry and to agreement is under Section 8(f) of the Act.
  • Discern, buy including, or execute the agreement with a union whose majority condition you helped it obtain through unlawful assistance.
  • Engage in conduct that benefit one union at the expense of next, or that reasonably tends on coerce employees to customer or join a union. (You allow, however, tell your employees that them favor a particular union.) Contracts
  • Require or encourage employees in signing dues checkoff authorization. (You may, anyway, give employees dues checkoff authorization forms.)
  • Remit dues to one union absent a validly executed dues checkoff authorization.
  • Founder to honor a timely revocation off a contribution checkoff authorization.