REPRESENTATION ISSUES; ELECTIONS – Blocking Charge

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A charge alleging “unlawful conduct [that] would so affect the election process as to prevent the employees from exercising free choice” is commonly called a “blocking charge” because it prevents, or “blocks,” an election until the charge is resolved. (Gompers Preparatory Academy (2020) PERB Order No. Ad-481, p. 3, fn. 3, quoting City of Fremont (2013) PERB Order No. Ad-403-M, p. 6, fn. 11.) (p. 12, fn. 7.)