can someone explain to me what decertification means and why someone would vote that way.

[littlewolf]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/kenosha-teachers-union-is-decertified-b9997068z1-223549741.html


The union representing Kenosha teachers has been decertified and may not bargain base wages with the district, but teachers in Milwaukee and Janesville met the state's Aug. 30 deadline to apply for re-certification, a state agency representative says.
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Because unions are limited in what they can do even if they are certified, the new status of Kenosha's teachers union — just like the decertification of many other teachers unions in the state that did not or could not pursue the steps necessary to maintain certification in the new era of Act 10 — may be a moral blow more than anything else.

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To continue as the recognized bargaining unit in the district, 51% of the union's eligible membership must vote in favor of re-certification, according to the controversial Act 10 legislation passed in 2011.
With contracts that were in place through the end of June, teachers in the three large southeastern Wisconsin districts were protected the longest from the new legislation, which limits collective bargaining, requires unions to hold annual votes to be recognized as official entities, and mandates that teachers and other public employees pay more out-of-pocket for their health care and retirement costs.

more at the link.
they could not get 50 percent of the teachers to vote for union protection?
why.

[gopiscrap]

1. they'd vote that way because they're ignorant