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Card Check or Mandatory Representation Vote? How the Type of Union Recognition Procedure Affects Union Certification Success

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Susan Johnson (McMaster University and Wilfrid Laurier University)
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Cross-section time-series analysis of nine Canadian jurisdictions over nineteen years is used to identify the effect of mandatory votes/card check on certification success. The results indicate that mandatory votes reduce certification success rates by approximately 9 percentage points below what they would have been under card check. This result is robust across specifications and significant at above the 99% confidence level. Copyright 2002 Royal Economic Society

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Volume (Year): 112 (2002)
Issue (Month): 479 (April)
Pages: 344-361
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  6. William T. Dickens, 1983. "The effect of company campaigns on certification elections: "Law and Reality" once again," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 36(4), pages 560-575, July.
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