What argument would you expect the union to make? What would you expect the union to say if you offered to grant the next vacancy to the senior person denied the position and why?

You have a job bidding provision in the contract which says. Vacancies in bargaining unit positions shall be posted for seven (7) days. All bids filed with the posting period shall be considered. If qualifications are relatively equal, the more senior bidder shall be granted the position, provided, however, that employees granted a position hereunder shall be ineligible to
be granted a new position for one year from the date of promotion. You hire an external applicant who is far better than the senior bidder. Under what circumstances could you hire the outside applicant under this language. What argument would you expect the union to make? What would you expect the union to say if you offered to grant the next vacancy to the senior person denied the position and why?

You employ 40 assemblers and 20 machinists. The Union files a petition with the NLRB to represent the assemblers and files 16 authorization cards. What might you do to cause the NLRB to dismiss the petition and what can the Union do to respond?

Explain what the NLRB considers in deciding whether an employee is a supervisor.

There are 100 people in the proposed unit. The vote is 42 for the union, 40 against the Union with 4 challenged ballots. What is the result and what happens next.

State and describe three (3) potentials grounds for overturning an NLRB election.