Faster union elections

If you run a business and receive a petition for elections by a union, run to a lawyer. New representation case procedures effective April 30 2012 may allow a union to  enter the workplace within   18 days of the petition.  It turns out that if 30% of the workers  within a unit area wish to be represented by a union and bargain collectively, the National Labor Relations Board will hold an election for them and in the jobsite.

There is nothing new with the right to elections but now, the process is streamlined; shortening the time between the request and the election.  A smaller time-frame gives employers little room to maneuver; which is precisely the idea behind the changes.   Less time between the petition and the election, decreases  the ability of the employer to  deploy an effective anti-union campaign.