union vote
Workers choose representation
A union vote is a formal ballot among workers to decide on union matters—most often whether to form or join a union, but also to elect officers, approve contracts, or authorize strikes.
The term appears frequently in labor news: The union vote passed by a narrow margin.
Workers are calling for a union vote at the warehouse.
- ballotVoting document
- secret ballotConfidential electoral choice
- card checkSigned union membership tally
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- collectiveJointly organized group
bargaining · collective agreement · good faith · workers · labor · labor movement · organize · dues · strike fund · contract · ratify · picket · solidarity · membership · negotiate · representative · shop · steward
- Factory Newsfactory fire, chemical leak, plant closure, groundbreaking, ribbon cutting
- labor unionsAFL-CIO, Teamsters, locals, shop steward, stewards
- union actionspicket, walkout, general strike, collective action, organizing
- Sports LaborPFA, labor agreement, labor dispute, labor disputes, labor relations
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
- labor actionslabor strike, strike, walkout, picket, picket line
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