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One reason that employers get really creative about finding ways to delay negotiation is that after a year, they can require another vote among the employees ab
by anigbrowl 3y ago
One reason that employers get really creative about finding ways to delay negotiation is that after a year, they can require another vote among the employees about whether they want to be represented by a union or not. So they're incentivized to avoid engagement with any newly-formed union in the hope that demoralization will set in among employees who have been paying dues to the union but not experiencing any change in their working conditions.
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- itsdrewmiller 3y agoUnion members don't pay dues until the collective bargaining agreement is ratified. I think you're trying to describe a union decertification vote, which the company can't "require" or have anything to do with. https://www.nlrb.gov/reports/nlrb-case-activity-reports/representation-cases/intake/decertification-petitions-rd https://www.nlrb.gov/reports/nlrb-case-activity-reports/repr...
- anigbrowl 3y agoCompanies can (indirectly) ask the NLRB for a decertification vote. You're right, 'require' creates the wrong impression and was a poor choice of words on my part. Here's an article describing how firms who don't want to deal with a union approach this issue: https://www.epi.org/publication/union-first-contract-fact-sheet/ https://www.epi.org/publication/union-first-contract-fact-sh...