HOW DOES A UNION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN WORK?
If you are interested in organizing into the IATSE, you will be asked to sign a “Union Authorization” card. The IATSE card can be used to gain recognition from the employer or to seek an election from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Even if you are already a member of the Union, we still need for you to sign a card if you wish the Union to represent you. If we collect signed authorization cards from a majority of the employees, we can go to the employer and ask for voluntary recognition. If the employer refuses to voluntarily recognize us, we can request that the employer have a neutral party, such as an arbitrator, inspect the cards to make sure that a majority of the employees have signed. The employer never gets to see who did or did not sign a card. We can also petition the NLRB to hold an election. However, this is the most time consuming of all the options outlined. WHAT THE EMPLOYER MAY TELL YOU. It is very likely that the employer or other management people will tell
