• No Promises—management cannot promise employees that if they vote against union authorization they will receive raises or changes in their benefits package.
• No Spying—management is prohibited from planting individuals in union organizing meetings or other activities so that those individuals can report back to management on what is being discussed or who attends the meetings.
Remember, however, these are just examples of things that are prohibited by the NLRA. There is also one final limitation on actions by the organization and its managers in the last 24 hours prior to the union authorization election. Management is prohibited from holding group meetings with employees who will vote on unionization during this 24-hour period. Once the election is held, a simple majority of those voting determines the success or failure of the campaign. In other words, if only 51 workers in a bargaining unit of 200 vote, and 26 of the voters desire union membership, membership in the union will be authorized. So one tactic that organizations can use in union organizing is to encourage everyone to vote. It is frequently more difficult for the pro-union side to get a majority if everyone votes in an authorization election.