decertify
verb
de·cer·ti·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī 
decertified; decertifying; decertifies
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
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Last month, labor board officials dismissed a petition by a worker seeking to decertify the union at the first union store in Massachusetts because of a pending complaint against the company there.
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Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
Fulton County took the state to court challenging the secretary of state's power to decertify the machines.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
The security breach caused Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, to decertify voting machines, costing Mesa County over $96,000 for replacements.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
For instance, workers at a unionized Nissan facility in Somerset, New Jersey, are in the process of decertifying from the UAW.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
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Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
Fulton County took the state to court challenging the secretary of state's power to decertify the machines.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
The security breach caused Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, to decertify voting machines, costing Mesa County over $96,000 for replacements.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
For instance, workers at a unionized Nissan facility in Somerset, New Jersey, are in the process of decertifying from the UAW.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
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decertify
transitive verb
de·cer·ti·fy
dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī
decertified; decertifying
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
decertified the class action suit
especially
: to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent
petitions to decertify the union
Note: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike.
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