The current system allows a worker who chooses to sign a union card to basically say they're interested in becoming a member of the union, and for the union to be certified. It's a legitimate process. The only reason we have a voting system is that governments and employers don't trust the worker and the decision they have made in regard to signing a card.
One of the things that have not been talked about very much on the committee is that the workplace is not a neutral setting for a worker to participate in the vote because that establishment is governed by the employer rules, and essentially they have complete rein over the atmosphere in which the workers are participating in any decision.
I know the board is trying to provide and ensure there's neutrality, but the neutrality does not exist when the setting itself is not conducive for the workers to express whether they have fears or concerns about how their supervisors and managers may view their participation and involvement in the union. I think it's fundamental to the belief that if you want to give people a neutral opportunity to make a decision, whatever that decision might be, it truly has to be neutral, and right now that workplace is not a neutral environment.