Opinion ID: 1762633
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Heading: Does federal labor law preempt Hartley?

Text: Under federal law, employees have the right to form or join labor organizations as well as strike against their employer. See 29 U.S.C. §§ 157, 158. The National Labor Relations Act provides that [i]t shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer . . . (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in [29 U.S.C. § 157] and [i]t shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer . . . (3) by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization. 29 U.S.C. § 158(a). These sections of the Federal law only grant employees the right to form a union if they so desire. Although federal law grants employees the right to form a union, we decline to interpret that right to extend as far as requiring days lost while on strike to be excluded from the average weekly wage calculation.