Postal personnel have the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to join or assist a supervisory or managerial organization or to refrain from such activity. Personnel are protected in the exercise of such rights. No interference, restraint, coercion, or discrimination to encourage or discourage membership in such an organization will be effected in the Postal Service. The limitations set forth in Title 39, United States Code 1004(b), however, are dispositive on whether organizations are officially recognized by the Postal Service as a matter of law for consultative purposes.
