For the NLRB, there's a difference between workers joining a union and a workplace successfully voting to unionize. Once a workplace successfully unionizes, th

For the NLRB, there's a difference between workers joining a union and a workplace successfully voting to unionize. Once a workplace successfully unionizes, there are immense and permanent legal rights given to the union and restrictions imposed on the employer. But until the criteria for an official election, it's just ideas being shared and the NLRB has little oversight.