If a steward sees a worker being interviewed in a supervisors office, can she demand to attend the meeting?
Yes. A steward has a protected right to demand admission to a Weingarten interview. However, once the request is made, the employee being interviewed must indicate a desire for the steward’s presence. If the employee states that he or she wishes to be interviewed alone, the steward must leave. Q An employee was summoned to an interview with his foreman and asked for his steward. In response, the foreman said, “You can request you steward, but if you do, I will have to bring in the plant manager, and you know how temperamental she is. If we can keep it at the level we’re at, things will be a lot better for you.” Is this a violation? Yes. The foreman is threatening greater discipline to coerce the employee into abandoning his Weingarten rights. This is an unfair labor practice. Q An employee was ordered by his foreman to go to the personnel office for a “talk” about his attitude. He asked to bring a union representative but the foreman said he would have to make his request when he got t
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