National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)¹ is designed to protect employees’ rights to organize and form unions or to engage in other efforts of mutual aid and protection. The NLRA enforces that right by prohibiting certain actions of both employers and unions as “unfair labor practices.”

The NLRA covers most employers involved in interstate commerce, regardless of whether their workforce is unionized or not. It doesn’t apply to certain employers, including airlines, railroads, agricultural operations and government entities which are governed by other federal or state laws (i.e., the Railway Labor Act, the California Agricultural Labor