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Senate approves bill tying state economic incentives to secret-ballot union elections
Summary
The Senate approved a bill that conditions future state economic-development incentives on employers’ use of secret-ballot union elections (not card-check) for new unionization efforts affecting incentivized projects.
The Senate approved a bill that requires employers receiving future state economic development incentives to use a secret-ballot process (as conducted by the National Labor Relations Board) — and not recognition by card check — if employees seek union representation for work tied to the incentivized project.
Senator Harkins, who explained the bill, said the measure does not prevent unionization but…
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