{"id":1847,"date":"2008-01-03T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:28:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:28:50","slug":"challenges-to-state-local-ordinances-that-impose-neutrality-and-card-check","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/es\/challenges-to-state-local-ordinances-that-impose-neutrality-and-card-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges to State &#038; Local Ordinances that Impose \u00abNeutrality\u00bb and \u00abCard Check\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>Cases<\/h3>\n<p>Click a case for more information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#MMAC\">METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Pataki\">HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, et al. v. GEORGE E. PATAKI, et al.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How do State and Local Laws impose Neutrality &#038; Card Check?<\/h3>\n<p>Similar to neutrality clauses in collective bargaining agreements, another tactic employed by unions to increase union membership without actually soliciting the preferences of workers is to incorporate neutrality agreements in local government wage ordinances. These ordinances often impose so-called \u00abneutrality agreements\u00bb on employers who accept service contracts, operating grants, or tax abatements from local governments and bar employers from providing factual information about the possible downsides if unionization, should a union attempt to organize their workers.<\/p>\n<p>They also prevent employers from insisting on a secret ballot election to protect their employees&#8217; rights and force employers to recognize the union as the monopoly bargaining representative when presented with a majority of signed authorization cards, despite the fact that often employees sign such cards under false pretences. Here are a few examples of these ordinances, which are likely pre-empted by the NLRA, that include neutrality or card-check provisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/ALLEGHENY_COUNTY.pdf\">Allegheny County, PA- Sec. 13, Union Neutrality (pg. 25)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/FAIRFAX_CA.pdf\">Fairfax, CA &#8211; Sec. 8.50.048, Labor Relation Neutrality (pg. 5), 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/MARINCOUNTY_CA.pdf\">Marin County, CA &#8211; Sec. 2.50.130, Neutrality in Labor Relations (pg. 5), 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/WATSONVILLE_CA.pdf\">Watsonville, CA &#8211; Sec 2-5.13, Labor Relation Peace and Neutrality (pg. 11), 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/SANTACRUZ_CA.pdf\">Santa Cruz County, CA &#8211; Sec. 5.10.110, Labor Relation Neutrality (pg. 7, 15), 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/PITTSBURGH_PA.pdf\">Pittsburgh, PA &#8211; Sec. 12, Union Neutrality (pg. 21), 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/LOSANGELES_COUNTY.pdf\">Los Angeles County, CA &#8211; Sec. 2.201.050 B, Neutrality in Labor Relations (pg. 7), 1999<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/MINNEAPOLIS_MN.pdf\">Minneapolis, MN &#8211; \u00abAdopting a Living Wage Policy,\u00bb #7 (pg. 5), 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/STPAUL_MN.pdf\">St. Paul, MN &#8211; Preamble, #7 (pg. 5), 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pataki<\/h2>\n<h3>Legal Documents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/PatakiAmicus.pdf\">The Foundation&#8217;s \u00abFriend of the Court\u00bb Brief in Pataki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrpolicy.org\/amicus\/Healthcare_Assn_v_Pataki.pdf\">US Chamber of Commerce, HR Policy Association and Business Council of New York State Amicus Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysd.uscourts.gov\/courtweb\/pdf\/D02NYNC\/05-03127.PDF\">District Court Decision and Order<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MMAC Case<\/h2>\n<h3>News Releases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/b\/nr_455.php\">December 6, 2005: Federal Appellate Court Strikes Down Milwaukee County Ordinance Imposing Coercive Union Organizing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/b\/nr.php3?id=399\">May 5, 2005: Appellate Court Accepts Workers&#8217; Rights Group into Battle to Release Milwaukee Human Services Workers from Coercive Union Organizing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/b\/nr.php3?id=398\">April 26, 2005: National Worker Advocate Joins Appellate Court Battle to Release Milwaukee Human Services Workers From Coercive Union Organizing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Case Summary and Legal Documents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/Summary_MMAC.pdf\">Case Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/neutrality\/MMAC-AmicusBrief.pdf\">The Foundation&#8217;s \u00abFriend of the Court\u00bb Brief in MMAC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/fdocs\/docs.fwx?caseno=05-1531&#038;submit=showdkt\">7th Circuit Court of Appeals Document Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/fdocs\/docs.fwx'submit=showbr&#038;shofile=05-1531_017.mp3\">Listen to the Oral Argument<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/fdocs\/docs.fwx'submit=showbr&#038;shofile=05-1531_018.pdf\">Read the Court&#8217;s Opinion Striking down the Ordinance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/briefs.htm\">View all briefs in the MMAC Case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, see our <a href=\"\/neutrality\/#resources\">\u00abNeutrality Agreement\u00bb Resouces Section.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3>Cases<\/h3>\n<p>Click a case for more information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#MMAC\">METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Pataki\">HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, et al. v. GEORGE E. PATAKI, et al.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How do State and Local Laws impose Neutrality &#038; Card Check?<\/h3>\n<p>Similar to neutrality clauses in collective bargaining agreements, another tactic employed by unions to increase union membership without actually soliciting the preferences of workers is to incorporate neutrality agreements in local government wage ordinances. These ordinances often impose so-called \u00abneutrality agreements\u00bb on employers who accept service contracts, operating grants, or tax abatements from local governments and bar employers from providing factual information about the possible downsides if unionization, should a union attempt to organize their workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Challenges to State &amp; Local Ordinances that Impose &quot;Neutrality&quot; and &quot;Card Check&quot; - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtw.org\/challenges-to-state-local-ordinances-that-impose-neutrality-and-card-check\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Challenges to State &amp; Local Ordinances that Impose &quot;Neutrality&quot; and &quot;Card Check&quot; - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CasesClick a case for more information.METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE v. 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