Lesson 1: Why You Have Power — and Where It Comes From

Estimated time: 8–10 minutes

🎯 What You’ll Get From This Lesson

By the end, you’ll be able to:

• Explain what it means to say membership gives you power — not just member benefits.
• Name the two sources your rights come from.
• Tell apart the law that governs your union’s relationship with your employer and the law that governs your relationship with your union.

📚 What’s Inside

This lesson has three short parts:

1. You’re an Owner, Not a Customer — the one idea everything else rests on.
2. The Two Sources of Your Rights — where your rights actually come from.
3. Employer vs. Union: Two Relationships — the mix-up that makes people think they have no rights.

Work through them in order — each one sets up the next.