Is the recertification vote by union members, or by all employees.
Here's why I ask?..and maybe I'm missing something
Let's say that before the reforms passed, we had a union of 1,000 teachers. So, 501 would have to vote for recertification. Next year, 400 teachers stop paying dues..drop out of the union..so that 301 are needed to recertify, right? But that's not a majority of the total number of teachers ( 1,000) And what happens when more than 500 teachers drop out of the union? It's then not even a viable collective bargaining agency.
In the case that you mention above, the union organization of 1000 would not be recertified. Then, if 499 teachers decided to organize as a union again, they could do so. The vote to recertify that union would vote again the next year, with 250 of 499 members needed to recertify.