Article View: ubc.general
Article #312Re: De-unionizing UBC
From: Terry Johnson
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
18 lines
1759 bytes
1759 bytes
In <4elon8$640@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, markw@unixg.ubc.ca (Mark Wilkinson) writes: > >Well... Not exactly. As another respondent pointed out, unionization is not >based on a unanimous decision, but rather a 'democratic' one. The reason I am >so hesitant to use the word 'democratic' w.r.t. unionization is that they do >not have open votes (before you flame me for saying this, please phone the BC >Fed. of Labour and check out your facts!). > In B.C., a certification vote is held by secret ballot if 40% to 60% of the members of a non-unionized bargaining unit sign union cards; if more than 60% sign cards, a vote is not required. A decertification vote, requested by union members, is always done by secret ballot. ------------------------------------------------- Terry Johnson / It's not that we're on Marx's side--it's ar3@ccinet.ab.ca / that Marx was on our side--E.P. Thompson
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<4emtov$mda@news-2.ccinet.ab.ca>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<44hd4r$27q@nnrp.ucs.ubc.ca> <44i7hq$m42@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <olau-3009951117160001@port18.annex4.net.ubc.ca> <44ps3m$t9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <dbl <45s975$cbd@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <4ee0lq$m5p@grid.direct.ca> <4elon8$640@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c943,65dc9bb933ee607d X-Google-Attributes: gid10c943,public X-Google-Thread: f8a3f,65dc9bb933ee607d X-Google-Attributes: gidf8a3f,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,65dc9bb933ee607d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public From: ar3@ccinet.ab.ca (Terry Johnson) Subject: Re: De-unionizing UBC Date: 1996/01/31 Message-ID: <4emtov$mda@news-2.ccinet.ab.ca> X-Deja-AN: 137260535 references: <44hd4r$27q@nnrp.ucs.ubc.ca> <44i7hq$m42@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <olau-3009951117160001@port18.annex4.net.ubc.ca> <44ps3m$t9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <dbl <45s975$cbd@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <4ee0lq$m5p@grid.direct.ca> <4elon8$640@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> organization: CCI Networks, a division of Corporate Computers Inc. reply-to: ar3@ccinet.ab.ca (Terry Johnson) newsgroups: ubc.general,can.university.grad,can.politics