He knows how to inform and unite players so that they form a solid, unshakable bargaining unit.

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But that leaves all the rest of the employees who will pay lower taxes simply because they belong to a collective bargaining unit.

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The abilities of majority supported unions to cover all employees of a bargaining unit and require employers to bargain with them leads many to consider unions as monopolistic.

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Under the NLRA, a union supported by a majority of employees is able to represent all the employees in a bargaining unit regardless of their support of the union.

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Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) usually is softer, and the new UAW president, Ron Gettelfinger , came out of the Ford bargaining unit.

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By repealing the mandatory good faith bargaining and exclusive representation restrictions, businesses would no longer be required to recognize majority supported unions, bargain on specific topics, and cover a complete bargaining unit with a union contract.

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Congress should also consider changing the election requirements for de-authorizations to bring them in line with other elections under the NLRA. Unlike other NLRA elections, which require a majority of votes cast, a successful de-authorization currently requires for 50 percent plus one of all workers in the bargaining unit.

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Tadeusz Najbauer, deputy head of Solidarity's telecoms unit, says the unions need the package as a bargaining tool to fight restructuring plans.

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