decertify
Americanverb (used with object)
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Biggs has defended his handling of the matter, pointing to his background as a prosecutor and his past votes to decertify the Colorado City Police Department.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Scrutiny of hospice care has intensified, grabbing the attention of the federal government, which is vowing to decertify companies that are overbilling, stealing identities or charging for services never provided.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Some workers at the Chattanooga plant are seeking to decertify the union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
It was not immediately clear through what process Trump could unilaterally decertify aircraft or what that decertification would entail.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The state’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training estimated that it might decertify more than 3,000 police officers yearly under a long-overdue reform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Several unions, representing more than 70,000 Florida employees, were decertified, not because they were targeted, but because they couldn’t show they had meaningful support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Kirk’s departure from the Sheriff’s Department last month came as the Civilian Oversight Commission sought to create a policy to ensure termination of Sheriff’s Department employees who have been decertified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
If a union is decertified, the contract they negotiated with management would no longer be in effect.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
His name will also be included in a national database of decertified officers, according to the records.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
Two-thirds of Winslow — including a hospital, nursing homes, schools and utilities — is in a flood plain after the Federal Emergency Management Agency decertified a levee in 2008.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
Another benefit for the federation is that it will keep the U.S.O.P.C. from decertifying U.S.A.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
But decertifying an organization the size of USA Gymnastics is a nearly unfathomable task.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2019
The action comes on the heels of the Tennessee Department of Health and federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services decertifying the facility due to deficiencies in patient care.
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2016
By then, though, workers at Gerawan Farming had begun organizing an election aimed at decertifying the UFW, which would collect dues of 3% of workers' gross pay under the contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2015
Sports reported that some players would push forward to have a vote on decertifying the union.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2011
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