You have the right to have your Union Representative with you when meeting with Management under the following circumstances:
1.A manager questions an employee to obtain information, and
2.The employee has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequences may result.
Your rights under these circumstances are know as Weingarten Rights, named for the US Supreme Court case that prompted them. When management is questioning you, this is known as an investigatory interview.
You are not required to sign anything other than a disciplinary action.
You have the right to union representation before or at any time during an investigatory meeting with management or where you are being issued a disciplinary action. As a basic rule, if what you say could get you or another employee in trouble, you are entitled to union representation.
YOU MUST REQUEST REPRESENTATION
MANAGEMENT WILL NOT ASK IF YOU WANT REPRESENTATION
If two union representatives are equally available, your request for a particular representative must be honored. If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins or when you begin to get worried.
“If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my union representative, officer or Steward be present at this meeting. Until my representative arrives, I choose not to participate in this discussion”
