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45: One or more unions proposing to initiate bargaining with 2 or more employers for single collective agreement
or “ Unions need special voting before they can ask many bosses to make one big work agreement together ”
You could also call this:

“The secret ballot asks workers how they want to negotiate together for a work agreement.”

When you vote in a secret ballot for bargaining, you will be asked to choose one of three options:

You can vote to say you want a single collective agreement, no matter which employers or unions are involved.

Or, you can vote to say you want a single collective agreement, but only with specific employers or unions that are named in the question.

Or, you can vote to say you want a single collective agreement, but not with certain employers or unions that are named in the question.

This voting process is part of section 45 of the law.

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Part 5 Collective bargaining
Bargaining

46Terms of question for secret ballot

  1. The question to be voted on in a secret ballot for the purposes of section 45 is—

  2. whether the member is in favour of bargaining for a single collective agreement, irrespective of the employers or unions concerned; or
    1. whether the member is in favour of bargaining for a single collective agreement with named employers or unions; or
      1. whether the member is in favour of bargaining for a single collective agreement except with 1 or more named employers or unions.