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Information Disclosure And The Union Representation Election, Matthew T. Bodie
Information Disclosure And The Union Representation Election, Matthew T. Bodie
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In its oversight of union representation elections, the National Labor Relations Board seeks to create “laboratory conditions” to determine “the uninhibited desires” of employees. Despite the Board’s intrusive regulation of union and employer campaign conduct, the Board does nothing to insure that employees get basic information relating to their decision. Given the flaws in the market for union representation, particularly with respect to conflicts of interest, the Board should take a more aggressive role in ensuring that employees get the information they need to make rational representation decisions. This Article proposes a new system of mandatory disclosure, modeled on disclosure …
Card Check Recognition: The Ongoing Legal And Legislative Battle, Michael E. Aleo
Card Check Recognition: The Ongoing Legal And Legislative Battle, Michael E. Aleo
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A great debate has been brewing for years over whether unions should be able to organize employees outside of the traditional election procedures provided by the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “the Act”). Typically, in an organizing drive, a union solicits support from employees to indicate a desire to run a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) election. The union does this by collecting cards from employees affirming the employees’ desire to have a representation election. If the union collects valid cards from at least one-third of eligible employees in the appropriate bargaining unit, the union may then …