Originally Posted by
Bulldog King
So...what happens if 35% of the combined workforce is not represented by a union?
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Edit: As it stands right now with those numbers......the 8000 NW FAs would already amount to less than 35% of the total number of FAs.
Prospective union members have to ask for representation in sufficient numbers. That's not just the NW members now represented, but DL workers, too. If they don't ask in sufficient numbers (by card drive) or the employer agree to hold an election anyway, there's no election and no union.
Somebody will correct me, but I think that makes the contract amendable date the effective contract end date for the NW union agreements.
I won't speculate on what the regs
may come to be in the referenced NMB action in Post #26.