Important Information on COVID-19

Please refer to the following links which may help to answer many of your questions and concerns during the pandemic:

NJ State Reopening Checklist

Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights

How many people need to get sick before a N.J. school closes? Here's the state's matrix

NJ Workers: Frequently Asked Questions During the Coronavirus Emergency

NJ Restart & Recovery Plan: The Road Back

Know Your Rights: Reasonable Accomodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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WEINGARTEN RIGHTS

One of the most vital functions of a Union is to prevent management from intimidating employees.  Nowhere is this more important than in closed-door meetings when supervisors attempt to coerce employees into a confession of wrongdoing.

 

The right of employees to have the presence of union representatives during investigatory interviews was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975 in NLRB vs. J. Weingarten, Inc.  Since that case involved a clerk being investigated by the Weingarten Company, these rights have become known as the Weingarten rights.

 

 

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Finally—it’s President-elect Biden

Patience—counseled by former Vice President Joe Biden all election week as Americans waited for votes to be counted—finally paid off Nov. 7, four days after Election Day, when Biden won in Pennsylvania and gained enough Electoral College votes to acquire a new title: president-elect. AFT President Randi Weingarten says the union’s leaders and members “can’t wait to get started” on the work ahead “with an administration that will embrace and fight for the values we hold dear.”

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