card check

noun

A method for employees to organize into a labor union in which employees vote for unionization with signature cards rather than secret ballot elections.

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Meanings

nouncard check (countable and uncountable, plural card checks)

plural card checks

  1. countableuncountableA method for employees to organize into a labor union in which employees vote for unionization with signature cards rather than secret ballot elections.

    There have been discussions about card check, of making the process of joining a union easier.

    2026 September 8, Alex Skopic, Dan Osborn, “Dan Osborn: “I’m Not Interested in Talking to the CEOs””, in Current Affairs
Cite this entry
APA

card check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/card%20check

MLA

“card check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/card%20check. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “card check,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/card%20check.

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