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Your right to organize
Your right to organize with CNA/NNU is protected by federal labor
law, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Under the NLRA, you have the right to:
• Sign a CNA/NNU card and attend meetings to discuss CNA/NNU.
• Talk to other RNs about CNA/NNU during work and non-work
time just as you are allowed to discuss personal matters.
• Hand out written materials on non-work time, such as breaks,
and in non-work areas, such as the cafeteria, locker rooms, and
nurses' lounges.
• It is illegal for your employer to require you to discuss your feelings
about CNA/NNU or to discipline you in any way for exercising your
rights to join or support CNA/NNU.
So-called "right-to-work" laws that exist primarily in southern
and western states such as Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Florida do
not affect your rights to organize with CNA/NNU and participate
in union activities.
