A supermajority of ALA employees formally requested that ALA management voluntarily recognize their union, ALA Workers United, in a letter delivered to ALA Executive Director Dan Montgomery March 30. “Voluntary recognition is an established process that allows workers to freely exercise their right to choose union representation without the unnecessary duplication and delay of an election,” according to a statement from union leaders. Employees have also filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to trigger an election if the union is not voluntarily recognized.