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A secret ballot is NOT the only means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_check

• jcrawfordor 4y ago
  The card check process is more of a special case of voluntary recognition, in which the employer can agree to skip the election if the petition for election already has a majority of the employees. Typically the employer can still require that an election by secret ballot be performed, the exception requires special dispensation of the NLRB which is obtained by demonstrating that the employer has or intends to tamper with the election. The concept of a normalized card-check-only process is generally favored by unions because the NLRB election process is widely viewed as excessively favoring employers. However, it has never passed congress. That is, the "card check" as it is often discussed doesn't actually exist as the legislation proposing it has never passed. The existing mechanism is a fairly narrow exception that mostly exists for employer convenience.