CARD CHECK

'Card check' is a method of organizing employees into a labor union in which employers enter into an agreement to recognize the unionization of its employees if a majority of employees sign authorization forms, or "cards".

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Card Check in the United States

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Card Check in the United States

The signed cards are then submitted to the National Labor Relations Board, known as the NLRB. Under current U.S. law, the employer need not recognize the union as its employees' collective bargaining representative if a majority of employees express their intent to join the union under through card check; instead, employers may require a secret-ballot vote overseen by the NLRB.
The Employee Free Choice Act, introduced in the United States Congress in 2005 and again in 2007, would require that the NLRB recognize the union's role as the official bargaining representative if a majority of employees have authorized that representation via card check, without any secret ballot vote. ^[1] It was passed by the House on March 1, 2007.
Organized labor groups argue that the card check process is preferable to traditional NLRB elections because it avoids the anti-union campaigns that can accompany elections and leads to healthier workplace relations by avoiding a direct confrontation between employer and its employees. Critics of card check organizing argue that the process takes away employees' right to vote for or against the union in a secret ballot and permits union intimidation of workers.

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1. , 110th Congress

See Also

★ Employee Free Choice Act

External links

★ American Rights at Work Fact Sheet: Why Card Check is Needed

★ National Right to Work Fact Sheet: What are my rights if the union is conducting a "Card Check" organizing drive at my workplace?

★ Employee Free Choice Act Updates