NLRB Sets Window for Decertification

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees who don't want to be unionized have 45 days to build up support for a government-monitored decertification vote even if a company agrees to a card check campaign and the union wins, the National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday.

In a 3-2 vote, the NLRB decided to give anti-union employees a chance to object to unionization and demand a secret ballot election even if the company agreed to a card check campaign on formation of a union.

Employers have the right to demand a secret ballot election when their workers seek to organize a union. But in some cases, the company agrees to recognize a union as soon as a majority of workers at a plant sign cards authorizing the union's representation.

Previous NLRB policy was that decertification petitions were banned for a "reasonable" amount of time if a company voluntarily agreed to a card check process.

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