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Card check recognition: new house rules for union organizing?
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Fordham Urban Law Journal
- Article date:
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February 1, 2008
- Author:
- Gely, Rafael; Chandler, Timothy D.
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I. INTRODUCTION
A significant policy debate has been occurring regarding union organizing methods in the United States. This debate focuses on the appropriateness of granting union recognition based on majority support as demonstrated by union authorization card signatures, also known as "card checking." (1) Critics describe the practice as anathema to basic democratic principles and accuse unions of wanting to deal from the bottom of the deck to secure undeserved representation of employees. (2) Proponents of card check recognition argue that reliance on National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") organizing procedures fails to protect employees' rights to organize, and ...