Weingarten Statement for Employees - Public

This is how an employee invokes his Weingarten Rights:

"I refuse to submit to this interrogation because I fear that I will suffer severe discipline or termination of my employment and I demand my right to have Union Representation present on my behalf before this proceeding continues and if my demand is not acknowledged, then I refuse to participate in this process and you may take whatever action you deem appropriate. "

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Investigations: Both formal and informal have the potential for disciplinary action. You have the right to representation whenever you feel that you are being questioned under circumstances which may lead to discipline. It has since been referred to as the "Weingarten Rule - An employee's right to representation" and was decided by the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling: 420 US 251

The rights of employees to the presence of union representatives during investigatory interviews was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975 in NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc.