decertification

There was no reason to think decertification itself would be different, he said.

Michael Jordan got the players out on a union decertification fast break.

Smith credited the decertification movement with having a major effect.

Hunter said however that players have not considered decertification at this point.

The forces for and against decertification both have predicted victory.

Election officials and the public will be notified about the decertification.

Decertification of police has been cited as another possible remedy.

"His advice to our players about the impact of decertification is just as wrong.

The union, they added, should "stop negotiating with the owners and support the decertification movement now."

When the union balked, he changed his vote, making it 3 to 0 for decertification.

Dead or alive, the threat of decertification obviously had an impact on the meeting and the union leadership.

If it turns out to be a deal that the players feel positive about, my sense is decertification will go away."

If, on the other hand, it's viewed as a bad deal, "the players will fight for decertification."

"I'm sure you will get a challenge on those grounds if decertification loses."

A union decertification petition was circulated in the fall of 2006.

Eventually, support drops low enough to "burn" the union through decertification.

In other words, the union leadership would give the dissident players seeking decertification what they want.

The Board is also in charge of the union formation, termination and decertification.

Agents said today that more than 50 percent of the league's players had signed documents calling for decertification.

Kessler said he was proceeding "full speed ahead" with decertification.

League officials, in fact, are prepared to campaign as hard as the union against decertification.

Implied threats were made to lesser players: decertification could cost them their jobs.

A no vote means the player rejects the agreement and favors decertification.

But a yes vote is required to reject decertification.

But he subsequently said the decertification vote would serve as a referendum on the agreement.