How Has COVID-19 Impacted Union Election Results?
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Like everything else in this new COVID-19 era, union elections have been upended this year. After halting union elections in March due to the pandemic, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) resumed elections in early April. The NLRB gave Regional Directors discretion on how to hold union elections, with many opting for mail-in ballot elections only. Employers, on the other hand, tend to favor manual, in-person voting that is supervised by the NLRB, citing concerns over fraud and union coercion tactics associated with mail-in voting.
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