UNION ORGANIZING

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UNION ORGANIZING

• HIRING IN ORGANIZED FACILITIES
• Union Security Provisions
• Does not increase number of bargaining units
• VOLUNTARY EMPLOYER RECOGNITION
• Rare
• Neutrality Pledges
• New Units

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ORGANIZING NEW UNITS

• LEGAL DOCTRINE
• BARGAINING UNIT
• EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION
• EMPLOYER RESISTANCE
• FIRST CONTACT
• EES ORGANIZE ON THEIR OWN
• EES CONTACT UNION
• UNION CONTACTS EES
• ULTIMATELY EES MUST DESIRE UNION REPRESENTATION

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ORGANIZING NEW UNITS (continued)

• HARD WORK
• BY EES AT THE WORKPLACE
• BY ORGANIZER USUALLY OFF WORK
• HOME VISITS, UNION MEETINGS
• LAW GENERALLY PERMITS ER TO KEEP NONEE
  ORGANIZERS OFF PROPERTY
• ER MAY NOT PROHIBIT UNION SOLICITATION DURING
  BREAKS, LUNCH, ETC.

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ORGANIZING NEW UNITS (continued)

• DOES UNION NOTIFY THE EMPLOYER?
• GOAL TO OBTAIN SIGNATURES OF 50-60 OF EES ON
  AUTHORIZATION CARDS
• ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION

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ORGANIZING NEW UNITS (continued)

• TAKE CARDS TO NLRB REGIONAL OFFICE
• ONLY 30 REQUIRED FOR A REPRESENTATION ELECTION
• ER MAY CHALLENGE UNIT
• ELECTION CAMPAIGN
• LAST 10 YEARS
• 2500 ELECTIONS PER YEAR
• ABOUT 45-50 SELECT UNIONS
• UNIONS MORE SUCCESSFUL IN SMALLER UNITS
• DELAY HELPS EMPLOYERS
• CARD CHECKS?

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Strategic Issues in Union Organizing

• How does a union increase membership?
• Organizing
• Mergers
• Level of labor movement at which organizing
  should occur
• AFL-CIO
• International
• Intermediate
• Local