Nlrb Section 7

The board may not be done reshaping section 7 analysis yet.

Nlrb section 7. Unions and individuals alike may find it more difficult to assert that an individual employee s statement is concerted activity that is protected by section 7 of the nlra. The national labor relations board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together with or without a union to improve their wages and working conditions. For more information about section 7 rights and examples of activities that the nlrb protects for mutual aid or protection see practice notes employee rights and unfair labor practices under the national labor relations act and labor law.

Section 7 guarantees employees the right to self organization to form join or assist labor organizations to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection as well as the right to refrain from any or all such activities. By steven porzio and elizabeth dailey on july 9 2020 posted in nlra nlrb rulemaking section 2 3 section 7 as we previously reported the nlrb published a notice of proposed rulemaking nprm in september 2019 regarding the employee status of student workers at private colleges and universities. The nlra section 7 protects employee rights to form and join a union.

Introduction to the nlrb. The national labor relations act nlra section 7 applies to both union and nonunion employers. Section 7 of the nlra guarantees employees the right to self organization to form join or assist labor organizations to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

Although a good portion of the nlra deals with unionization section 7 provides protections for all non supervisory employees even those not involved with a union specifically section 7 defines and protects concerted activity by employees. It is unlawful for an employer to interfere with restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights.