FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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As a result of the organizing campaign at Champlain Products, the union obtained signed authorization cards from 41% of the employees it wants to represent. What is the next step in the organizing campaign?
a) The union will hold a secret ballot election.
b) Union and management will sit down at the bargaining table to negotiate the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
c) Because the union did not receive cards from 50% of employees, no union election is required.
d)The National Labor Relations Board determines the appropriate bargaining unit.
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