How the Process Works
Here’s how the Unionization process generally works:
- Usually, an employee contacts a Union Organizer. Sometimes, Organizers approach employees.
- Union Organizers generate employee support by having employees freely sign a petition.
- In Alberta, at least 40% of the employees need to sign the petition to bring the company to a vote.
- Union support is confidential during all of this process.
- The Union submits an application to the Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) to obtain the right to represent employees with their employer.
- The ALRB conducts a secret ballot vote (50% + 1 is required for the Union to become the employees’ representative)
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The ALRB certifies the union as the employees’ official representative
