Unions are legal in the US. The labor movement is currently seeing a huge swell in new bargaining units across most unions
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0x0@programming.dev 6 months ago
What is the legality of unions across the US?
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Legal but some States have weird laws in place like being able to not be part of the Union if you don’t want to
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Unions are legal in all occupations. There may be restrictions on some form of collective action (i.e. the government can force strikers back to work) but organizing is never illegal.
booly@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
One caveat: the legal protections of the right to unionize apply to non-supervisors. If you have people who report to you, your power to unionize is pretty limited.
There are also some specialized jobs that aren’t allowed to unionize by either federal or state law: actual soldiers in the Army, certain political jobs, etc.
But for the most part, if you are employed, you’re probably allowed to unionize (and protected against retaliation even in an unsuccessful union drive).