IV. Procedural Rules ‑ Bargaining Structure
•Legal influences on bargaining Structure
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•Labor Boards can be asked to determine if unit defined in union certification application is appropriate
•Rarely does labor board require certification to be based on multi‑plant basis
Labor Boards can be asked to determine if unit defined in union certification application is appropriate.
   Employer may contest determination but election will usually proceed anyway

Rarely does labor board require certification to be based on multi‑plant basis
Exception Nova Scotia which passed law 1980 requiring certification at all locations of an employer in the province
Represented cave in by provincial government to Michelin company.  Faced certification of union at one of two plants (other no danger).  Allegedly threatened to close both and not build additional one if plant organized
Law changed, company not organized, and built third plant in Nova Scotia