'83 Chronology-Rock the Vote

Event Date: June 18th, 1983

Event Description: USFL Union Vote

Source: United Press International

U.S. Football League players failed to select a union in last week's National Labor Relations Board supervised election, according to results released by the league.

On the ballot, the players had three options:

-- The USFL-FPA, a group affiliated with the NFL Players Association, headed by executive director Gene Upshaw.

-- The USFLPA, Inc., an organization headed by New York-based attorney Ron Baron and former player agent Mike Trope.

-- Neither union.

“Neither union” received 248 votes, with the USFL-FPA gaining 245 votes and the USFLPA, Inc. got 23. A total of 58 ballots were challenged by the NLRB and the status of those ballots will be determined at a July 6 meeting.

If, after the valid ballots are counted, neither the USFL-FPA or the “Neither Union” choice wins a majority of the total ballots, a runoff election between the two positions will be held at a later date.

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