Employees at Southern Bakeries filed a decertification petition in 2011 – yes, this case started in 2011. That election was unsuccessful. Another employee waited the required 1-year and filed a second decertification petition in 2012. After that filing, the employee collected signatures of 2/3 of the bargaining unit expressing their interest in decertifying the union.…

Leaving the union? Not so fast. On October 1, 2014, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) issued a policy that all employees who want to leave the union must appear in person at the IBEW office with a photo ID. This is a particularly interesting development given that in April 2012, the IBEW opposed…