union election
Labor representation ballot
A union election is a formal vote by workers to decide whether a labor union will represent them in negotiations with their employer.
The National Labor Relations Board typically oversees these elections in the United States: The warehouse workers won their union election by a narrow margin.
The term also covers votes on union leadership or contract ratification.
- secret ballotConfidential electoral choice
- ballotVoting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- vote countTotal of ballots recorded
- organizingSystematically putting in order
organizing drive · workers · collective · collective action · bargaining · labor · labor movement · right to work · strike · campaign · representation · NLRB · unfair labor practice · dues · shop · steward · picket · majority
- labor unionsAFL-CIO, Teamsters, locals, shop steward, stewards
- union actionsstrike vote, picket, walkout, general strike, collective action
- labor actionslabor strike, strike, strike vote, walkout, picket
- union rulesseniority rules, work rules, overtime rules, membership rules, grievance procedure
union electiongeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
presidential election · municipal election · shareholder vote · board election · referendum
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