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A union representative, union steward, [1] or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a trades/labour union member and official.
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law, the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights.
The duty of fair representation is incumbent upon Canadian [1] and U.S. labor unions that are the exclusive bargaining representative of workers in a particular group. It is the obligation to represent all employees fairly, in good faith, and without discrimination.
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Between 2005 and 2014, the National Labor Relations Board recorded 18,577 labor union representation elections; in 11,086 of these elections (60 percent), the majority of workers voted for union representation. Most of the elections (15,517) were triggered by employee petitions for representation, of which unions won 9,933.
"During the first six months of Fiscal Year 2022 (Oct. 1–March 31), union representation petitions filed at the NLRB have increased 57% — up to 1,174 from 748 during the first half of FY2021 ...
Union representation and the ability to bargain collectively with management are one of the most important tools to protect the rights of workers,” O’Neill Burke, then a candidate, wrote in a ...
The National Labor Relations Board, an agency within the United States government, was created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act.Among the NLRB's chief responsibilities is the holding of elections to permit employees to vote whether they wish to be represented by a particular labor union.