How the choice of union recognition procedure affects union certification success. Union recognition procedures are about to be reformed in the U.K. Current legislative reform proposes automatic certification.
Business prefers mandatory representation votes.
This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of the choice of recognition procedure on certification success. The results indicate that mandatory votes reduce certification success rates by 6 to 9 percentage points below what they would have been under automatic certification. This result is robust and significant at the 99 per cent level.