union card
noun
1
: a card certifying personal membership in good standing in a labor union
2
: something that resembles a union card especially in being necessary for employment or in providing evidence of in-group status
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Last year, in a case involving Cemex, a building-supply company, the agency ruled that if a majority of workers sign union cards the company must either recognize the union or petition the N.L.R.B. for an election within two weeks.
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Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, the union stated, the Walt Disney Company was informed of the number of character and parade workers who signed union cards and was asked to grant the group voluntary recognition.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
According to United Auto Workers Local 2179, which is backing the effort, nine out of the affected 10 full-time and part-time employees have signed union cards in support of joining the Local.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
In February the union said a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, also had signed union cards.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
On a continuing campaign to organize Delta flight attendants, Sara Nelson enlisted Shawn Fain to join her in a stroll through a crowded Detroit airport on Wednesday afternoon, an effort to boost visibility as the union seeks signatures on union cards.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The Long Beach Media Guild requested voluntary recognition from its employer last Wednesday after the entire bargaining unit signed union cards.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
In January, the UAW said that 30 percent of workers at a Mercedes factory in Alabama had signed union cards.
—Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
More than 30% of Hyundai workers in Montgomery, Alabama and Mercedes employees in the nearby city of Vance have signed union cards in recent weeks — a sign that petitions to hold union votes at those plants could be filed soon, too.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, the union stated, the Walt Disney Company was informed of the number of character and parade workers who signed union cards and was asked to grant the group voluntary recognition.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
According to United Auto Workers Local 2179, which is backing the effort, nine out of the affected 10 full-time and part-time employees have signed union cards in support of joining the Local.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
In February the union said a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, also had signed union cards.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
On a continuing campaign to organize Delta flight attendants, Sara Nelson enlisted Shawn Fain to join her in a stroll through a crowded Detroit airport on Wednesday afternoon, an effort to boost visibility as the union seeks signatures on union cards.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The Long Beach Media Guild requested voluntary recognition from its employer last Wednesday after the entire bargaining unit signed union cards.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
In January, the UAW said that 30 percent of workers at a Mercedes factory in Alabama had signed union cards.
—Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
More than 30% of Hyundai workers in Montgomery, Alabama and Mercedes employees in the nearby city of Vance have signed union cards in recent weeks — a sign that petitions to hold union votes at those plants could be filed soon, too.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Union card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/union%20card. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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