I heard an interview with Jane McAlevey (a well regarded union organizer) who stated that the way the campaign was run was all wrong, and doomed to fail. You'r

I heard an interview with Jane McAlevey (a well regarded union organizer) who stated that the way the campaign was run was all wrong, and doomed to fail. You're supposed to get virtually everyone in the shop on board before any sort of official count, because once it's an official count the management is going to do all sorts of underhanded things to win. It's expected that they are not going to play fair, so generally you shouldn't be trying to increase your votes once the vote is on, you just want to hold on to enough of the votes you've already got to win. If you hold the vote before you're ready, then you start out way behind. The management will usually brazenly cheat or threaten to close the factory or fire the organizers on false pretenses etc. The labor board will slap them on the wrist and invalidate the vote, then you do it again, but you can't win at that point. They don't have to play so dirty the second time around. The damage is done. It's too late.