Board Issues Decision Announcing New Framework for Union Representation Proceedings
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Today, the Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new framework for determining when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election.  The new framework will both effectuate employees’ right to bargain through representatives of their own choosing and improve the fairness and integrity of Board-conducted elections.

So when you unionize, you sign cards or a petition saying you want a union. It’s then up to the employer to either start negotiating a contract with the workers (lol) or to hold an election.

If a majority votes “yes”, then the employer is required to recognize the union and begin bargaining (negotiating) or face fines.

The problem is that most employers will hold and election and then run a campaign of dissuasion and intimidation.

The NLRB (the US’s organized labor referee, set up to prevent outright class conflict) just ruled that if an employer abuses the election process to keep the union out, they can be required to bargain.

If this law had been in place before, the Bessemer Amazon warehouse would probably be union right now.