Originally Posted by
Dairyground
Baggersup asks:
It has been common for many years for businesses to deduct union dues from payroll and transmit the deductions to the union. Employess who wish to manage union subscriptions in this way have obviously given the company permission to make the deductions and to have the union informed that they wish to subscribe in this way. so the company has a lower bound on the number of employees who are union members; the number may be swelled by other individuals who choose, for whatever reason, other payment methods.
Exactly and that is why BA probably differs from the wishful thinking of the pprune community. No doubt it the number of check off employees got within an amount of 50% of the employee group, then wheels would be put in motion, either by derecognition or serving notice, depending on whether it was a voluntary or statutory agreement.