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Article: Raid elections: another problems for unions?
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- Public Personnel Management
- Article date:
- December 22, 1992
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One of the problems confronting the American labor movement is the raid election. In a raid election an outside, or challenger, union attempts to increase its membership at the expense of an incumbent union. This article examines the extent and outcomes of raid elections as well as the legal environment of such elections. In addition, the results of a survey of employers involved in raid elections are presented.
The problems confronting the American labor movement have been widely discussed and the subject of much research in recent years. These problems include the increasing number of decertification elections, the decreasing percentage of the labor force ...