"card check" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: card checks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} card check (countable and uncountable, plural card checks)
  1. A method for employees to organize into a labor union in which employees vote for unionization with signature cards rather than secret ballot elections. Tags: countable, uncountable
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