During 95 bargaining time, when the union requested members participate in RED RASH Day, the arbitrator in the case that was filed agreed with the Union that the activity was a concerted activity for the purpose of collective bargaining. Therefore, the activities performed during this bargaining round are also considered protected under this same Section 7. 

Under the National Labor Relations Act, you have the right to form a union in your workplace.

Section 7........
"Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representation of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining....."

Section 8........
"It shall be an unfair Labor practice for an employer "to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7....."

ARTICLE 27
UNION REPRESENTATION

27.01 At any meeting between a representative of the Company and an employee in which discipline (including warnings which are to be recorded in the personnel file, suspension, demotion, or discharge for cause) is to be announced, or at any meeting with an employee for the purpose of conducting an investigatory interview which may lead to discipline of such employee, a Union Representative may be present if the employee so requests.

ARTICLE 26
PERSONNEL RECORDS

26.01 Entries which are intended to be used against an employee for the purpose of justifying discipline shall not be made a part of an employee's personnel record unless a copy has been provided to the employee.

26.02 The provisions of Section 26.01 do not apply to routine recording of statistics on such matters as absence, tardiness, productivity, quality, etc. However, any adverse entry based on such statistics shall be subject to Section 26.01.