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On January 27, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) reintroduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act (SBPA) (S. 217), legislation that would amend the National Labor Relations Act to guarantee the right to secret ballot union representation elections. Essentially, this measure would make it an unfair labor practice under the NLRA for an employer to recognize a union that has not been selected via secret ballot. In addition, this bill would make it unlawful for a union that has not been chosen as the employees’ exclusive representative in a secret ballot election conducted by the NLRB to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain with it. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Labor Relations Counsel.
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