Steps in Launching a Union Organizing Campaign and Secret Ballot Representation Election

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MANAGEMENT
Answer to question 1:.................................................................................................................2
Identification of steps involved in launching a union organizing campaign:............................2
Answer to question 1:.................................................................................................................3
Steps involved in a secret ballot representation election:..........................................................3
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MANAGEMENT
Answer to question 1:
Identification of steps involved in launching a union organizing campaign:
Launching of a union organizing campaign involves few steps that are discussed
below:
1) Building an organization committee
The first step requires establishment of organization committee that represents all the
major shifts and department reflecting diversities in workforce. Such committee should have
an understanding about the right of workers and union policies. This step also calls for
gathering information such as employee and employer information and structure of
workplace (Tait, 2016).
2) Adoption of issue program
For the union election, a program of union demand is developed by the committee and
for union election campaign, a strategy is developed. The campaign activities are carried out
for highlighting issues program in workplace.
3) Winning the union election and signing up majority on union cards
In this step, a membership card is signed for supporting the union program and asking
workers to join the union election. Signing of a sizeable majority is the goal intended to
achieve in this step. Now, in order to hold election, the signed card is used to petition the
federal labor board. The person eligible for voting and scheduling the election is determined
by labor board. Employer should bargain and recognize the union if the union wins (Paret,
2015).
4) Contract negotiation