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"Whether we decertify or not, players have to come together," Smith said.

The decision to decertify will have to be voted on by the players.

"But I don't think we should decertify the union because of it."

At the core of that protest was a move to decertify the union.

After a few losses in court, the leaders announced that the association might decertify itself.

Players who are clients of agents on the committee began the movement to decertify the union.

Under the new policy, the state will decertify colleges if fewer than 80 percent of their students pass these tests.

"Basically because if you decertify, there'll be a lot of time consumed while this is going on," he said.

"After a full year, the replacement workers would be eligible to vote in an election to decertify the union."

Wal-Mart is attempting to decertify the union at that location.

The insurgents control the state committee, and may manage to decertify some of the Bush delegates.

The ruling triggered the association's decision in November 1989 to decertify itself as a union.

If the players, however, vote to decertify the union, any agreement the two sides reach will go down the drain with it.

Last year, some agents, again acting through their clients, led an unsuccessful attempt to decertify the union.

We did not want to decertify nursing homes just because the state would no longer survey them properly."

The union certifies agents to represent players and can decertify them for various practices.

Employees represented by a union can also petition to decertify the union.

The union said it would decertify if it failed to reach an agreement by midnight.

The players refused to ratify the deal worked out on June 21, and a movement to decertify the union was intensified.

"If we vote to decertify, it would put the basketball industry in a state of chaos," Grantham said.

To date, 14 teams have voted unanimously to decertify.

An election to decertify the union is pending.

The union is seeking to decertify while it pursues an antitrust suit against the league.

In Canada all provinces have laws setting out provisions for employees to decertify unions.

In most cases the governments have made it mandatory that employers post information for its employees on how to decertify the union.