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Discussion Question 2
Union decertification is a process by which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) permits workers to get rid of their union representation by calling for a special election (Thornton, 2015). In this development, an employer or company cannot play any role in the decertification process. In this process, the goal is to terminate the union’s right to represent the employee.
The process of Decertification
Step 1: File for decertification on time. For instance, under many unions’ agreements, decertification is not allowed in the first three years of representation, but is open in the last 90 days of the contract. During this time, there is a 30 day window period, after that when 60 days remain, it is not allowed.
Step 2: The workers draft the decertification petition, which they sign. At least 30 % of the employees must sign the petition for the NLRB to have an election via the secret ballot.
Step 3: The management should not take part in the process. The workers can perform the decertification process away from the work area and during their free time.
Step 4: If half of the employees vote for decertification, they will be union free and, therefore, will deal with their employers directly (Abraham et al., 2015).
Discussion Question 3
Many civilians work in the military. For instance, there are doctors, drivers, lawyers and engineers. This category of military employees deserves to be members of unions.

Based on the fact that these employees work in different departments, with different expertise, they would, therefore, join different unions (Caforio, 2018). For instance, civilian doctors and nurses have their union, whereas lawyers have theirs commonly known as the Law Society.
Soldiers must be exempted from union membership because they are tasked with guarding the borders and protecting the country against external aggression. Suppose they are in a union and war break out, and at the same time the unions call for industrial action, they will down their weapons leaving the country vulnerable. Besides, soldiers have a well-established procedure of airing their complaints that passes from their commanding officer to the higher ranks (Heinecken, 2017).
References
Abraham, S. E., Schur, L. A., & Voos, P. B. (2015). Changing Union Representation Election Voting Regimes: What Can We Learn? In Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (Pp. 1-28). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Caforio, G. (2018). Unionization of the Military: Representation of the Interests of Military Personnel. In Handbook of the Sociology of the Military (Pp. 377-389). Springer, Cham.
Heinecken, L. (2017). Military Trade Unions: A Threat to National Security… Really? Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 45(2), 140-148.
Thornton, R. J., & Timmons, E. J. (2015). The De-Licensing Of Occupations in the United States. Monthly Lab. Rev., 138, 1.