REPRESENTATION ISSUES; CONTRACT BAR – In General

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The contract bar doctrine refers to the general principle that a collective bargaining agreement may bar representation elections involving covered employees for its duration. The purpose of the doctrine is to strike a balance between two interests: “the interest in such stability as is essential to encourage effective collective bargaining, and the sometimes conflicting interest in the freedom of employees to select and change their representatives.” (Reed Roller Bit Co. (1947) 72 NLRB 927, 929.) (p. 6.)