Know Your Rights
The federal law gives employees the right to form or join unions.
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
OSHA stands for...
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
This is a work stoppage by employees to protest working conditions or negotiate terms.
What is a strike?
In 2023, this Hollywood union went on strike alongside the Writers Guild to protest working conditions and AI use
What is SAG-AFTRA?
An employee reports unsafe working conditions. HR's first step is to...
What is initiate an investigation and ensure no retaliation?
True or False: An employer can fire a worker for discussing unionization during a break.
What is False?
The main responsibility of an employer under OSHA is this.
What is to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards?
True or False: Employers must always reinstate strikers.
What is False? (Especially for economic strikers)
True or False: Starbucks has seen multiple stores vote to unionize in recent years.
What is True?
Can HR require employees to waive their right to discuss wages?
What is No? (It violates Section 7 of the NLRA)
The term for actions by employers or unions that violate employee rights under Labor Laws.
What are Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs)?
This form must be completed for serious work-related injuries or illnesses.
What is OSHA Form 300?
This is when an employer prevents employees from working during a labor dispute.
What is a lockout?
In a historic win, workers at this major online retailer voted to unionize a Staten Island warehouse.
What is Amazon?
An employee has been injured due to faulty equipment, what two actions should HR take immediately?
What is report the incident (OSHA), and initiate an internal investigation?
Name one right that is not protected by Labor Laws.
What is the right to strike for purely political reasons? (Or: the right to harass coworkers about unions)
The term for an OSHA inspection without prior notice.
What is an unannounced inspection?
The term for temporary workers hired during a strike.
What are strikebreakers or replacement workers?
This auto workers union staged a strike against the “Big Three” automakers in 2023 to demand higher wages and job protections.
What is the United Auto Workers (UAW)?
A manager threatens to fire union-supporting employees. What’s the risk?
What is an unfair labor practice charge and legal liability?
Which employees are excluded from Labor Law protections?
What are supervisors and independent contractors?
Name any two categories of OSHA violations.
What are: Serious, Willful, Repeated, Other-than-serious?
A collective action where workers refuse to work to protest poor and unequal wages, lack of benefits, and non-competetive incentive packages.
What is an economic strike?
In 2023, this tech giant faced scrutiny after employees attempted to organize a union at a video game studio it owns—sparking conversation about organizing in the tech sector.
What is Microsoft (or Activision Blizzard)?
An employee files a complaint with OSHA and is fired a week later. What major legal concept applies here?
What is retaliation or whistleblower protection?