Appendix N. National Labor Relations Act

(Pub.L. 74-198, 49 Stat. 449, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151–169) (as amended)

§ 157. Right of employees as to organization, collective bargaining, etc.

Employees shall have 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, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 158(a)(3) of this title.

§ 158. Unfair labor practices

(a)     Unfair labor practices by employer

It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer—

(1)     to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 157 of this title;