Section 40 Overview

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

In the broadest sense, the NLRA envisions a scheme of industrial relations in which a union solicits support among a group of employees that share common interests such as wages, hours, and working conditions. Upon obtaining majority support within this group, the union either solicits the employer for recognition as the collective bargaining representative of that unit or petitions for a representation election. In either case, the decision of whether to be represented should reflect the free choice of the...