Basic Guide to the National Labor Relations Act

The Rights of Employees..........................................................................................2–5 
The Section 7 Rights, ............................................................................................................................... 2
Examples 
of 
Section 
7 
rights 
.............................................................................................................. 2
Union 
Security.......................................................................................................................................... 2
Union-security agreements ................................................................................................................. 2
Requirements 
for 
union-security agreements ..................................................................................... 2
Prehire 
agreements 
in 
the construction industry ................................................................................. 2
The Right to Strike .................................................................................................................................. 3 
Lawful and unlawful strikes ............................................................................................................... 3
Strikes 
for 
a 
lawful 
object................................................................................................................... 4
Economic 
strikers defined .................................................................................................................. 4
Unfair 
labor 
practice strikers defined ................................................................................................. 4
Strikes 
unlawful 
because of purpose................................................................................................... 4
Strikes unlawful because of timing—Effect of no-strike contract...................................................... 4
Same—Strikes 
at 
end of contract period ............................................................................................ 5
Strikes 
unlawful 
because 
of misconduct of strikers............................................................................ 5