Nlra Section 9

Section 9 a agreements the final aspect of the board s rules clarifies that positive evidence of majority employee support is required for converting a section 8 f agreement into a section 9 a agreement in the construction industry.

Nlra section 9. Section 9 b 3 itself defines a guard employee as any individual employed as a guard to enforce against employees and other persons rules to protect property of the employer or to protect the safety of persons on the employer s premises 29 u s c. A 3 and b 2 of this section shall not make an unfair labor practice the performance of any obligation under a collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to the date of the enactment of this act june 23 1947 or in the case of an agreement for a period of not more than one year entered into on or after such date of enactment. The board is also authorized to delegate to its regional directors its powers under section 9 section 159 of this title to determine the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining to investigate and provide for hearings and determine whether a question of representation exists and to direct an election or take a secret ballot under subsection c or e of section 9 section 159 of this title and certify the results thereof except that upon the filing of a request.

Most private sector collective bargaining agreements are governed by section 9 a of the national labor relations act and that section generally requires that a majority of the employees in the. No provisions of this title amending this subchapter shall affect any certification of representatives or any determination as to the appropriate collective bargaining unit which was made under section 9 of the national labor relations act this section prior to the effective date of this title sixty days after june 23 1947 until one year after the date of such certification or if in respect of any such certification a collective bargaining contract was entered into prior to the. The board shall investigate such petition and if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of representation affecting commerce exists shall provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice.

B by an employer alleging that one or more individuals or labor organizations have presented to him a claim to be recognized as the representative defined in section 9 a subsection a of this section.