exclusive representation

American

noun

Labor.

the right of a union, chosen by a majority of the employees in a plant, craft, industry, or department of a shop or business, to represent all the employees in the unit, regardless of whether they are members of the union or not.

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exclusive representation

Unions’ customers are their members, but because of exclusive representation, they don’t face the same competitive pressure.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

It's been reinforced over and over again that the trade-off for exclusive representation that the DFR is tied with exclusive representation.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2018

If you can win that exclusive representation election, you should win it, and you should also be saddled with the burdens of DFR.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2018

The claim to exclusive representation is not an empirical one; it is always distinctly moral.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2016

They desire to maintain the essential characteristic of the present system—the exclusive representation of the majority in each constituency—and make no attempt to remedy any of the other evils associated with single-member constituencies.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.

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