Freedom to Organize

Texans, like all Americans, have the freedom to organize labor unions in the workplace. When workers are fired due to unionizing and thus silenced from creating a decent wage and living for themselves and their coworkers, it is the responsibility of everyone else to fight for their rights. Companies use various tactics to make sure a union formation is quickly subverted.

Labor Cooperatives

Labor cooperatives have become a tool for employment agencies to subcontract and outsource for means of cheap and temporary employment while retaining a loose relationship between an employer and its employers. When most of a company's employees are subcontractors, they have weak relationships with one another and will be less likely to form a union or fight for wages or other employment rights.

Firing Employees

Some employers fire workers who have decided to unionize or who are union members to begin with. A termination may be disguised as a “layoff” where most employees are let go and non-union workers are called back for hire. Workers can then be blacklisted, sending a message to other employers who also discourage unionizing.

Reorganizing and Relocating

Factories and farms fall victim to closings when it seems that a union is forming. The same factory or farm will reopen in a new location with non-union employees.

Criminalizing Union Activists

Those responsible for forming a union through protest are often stripped of their good reputation, arrested under false charges, or are illegally detained.

Contact Us

If you were fired for unionizing or being a part of a union, contact the Houston employment lawyers of The Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn more about your legal rights and options.