In the US, employers are only required to recognize majority unions, which are formed by a majority of employees in what we call a “bargaining unit” and legally

In the US, employers are only required to recognize majority unions, which are formed by a majority of employees in what we call a “bargaining unit” and legally granted both the right and obligation to represent everyone in that unit. They can be formed through an election or through what’s happening here, where the company voluntarily recognizes that the union has majority support. Employees are free to form smaller “minority unions” but employers don’t have to talk to that kind of union if they don’t want to.