Employees have the right to form, join or assist a union or to refrain from doing so. 

Employees shall be free to exercise this right without fear of penalty or reprisal and shall be protected in exercising this right. 

Employees have the right to: 

• Act as a union representative, and in that capacity, to present union views to agency management, the Congress or other authorities. 
• Negotiate over conditions of employment through their chosen representative. 
• Decide whether to be a union member, and if a union member, how actively engaged