Happy with your wages and benefits? Happy with treatment by your Employer? Not worried about being wrongfully discharged? You can stop reading now! However, if you are one of the 93% of non-union workers – in the public or private sector – who worry about these critical issues – you need to belong to a union!
Too hard to accomplish? No, it is easier than you think. And, Quatrini Law Group can help you.
Remember, if you are non-union, you are an “employee at will”. You can be fired for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason. (Exception: if you are a member of a protected class – race, gender, age, or disability – you have statutory protection).
Non-union employees have no say in wages and benefits. However, if you unionize, your employer must negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with you which covers wages, hours, conditions of employment, and “just cause” protection against being fired. A collective bargaining agreement provides comprehensive job rights.
What do you need to unionize? Obtain the agreement of a majority of the employees at your workplace. You can join a traditional union or form an independent union, with your own constitution and by-laws. Established unions and independent unions are democratic organizations where the members elect officers and the members vote on the negotiated collective bargaining agreement.
The law protects your right to choose a traditional union or to create your own union. The law will also protect your right to enforce that agreement through labor arbitration. At Quatrini Law Group, we have almost a half a century in representing labor unions as well as creating and representing successful independent public and private labor unions.
Interested? Give our law firm a call (724-837-0080) and ask to speak to Attorney Ernie Orsatti.
