Comment by jordanb
10 hours ago
It's not that the company can forgo the election. The company must allege that the cards are improper in order to activate the NLRB secret balloting process.
10 hours ago
It's not that the company can forgo the election. The company must allege that the cards are improper in order to activate the NLRB secret balloting process.
Has any company ever not alleged it?
Some do, but if you hire a union busting law firm the first thing they have you do is read a statement alleging impropriety with the union cards, in order to initiate the NLRB process.
Companies aren't required to present any evidence other than "we have reason to believe" so it's pretty much a ritual at this point.
Yes, but it's uncommon enough that doing so is called "voluntary recognition" of the union, acknowledging that the expected process is to file the cards and then do the NLRB election.