I am a strong supporter of organized labor, but there need to be safeguards in place to protect organizations as well from attack from the unions. There are many famous cases in which less than scrupulous unions engage in what amounts to attempted extortion: misrepresenting or outright lying about an organization, paying employees or ex-employees to file bogus unfair labor practices cases, and even releasing false information about protected customers, which the company is forbidden by law from correcting publicly.

In some cases, the corporate campaigns – against large employers with no serious track record of employee abuse – even attempt to undermine the organization’s ability to do its work.

In their original form, as originally intended, corporate campaigns are excellent tools for organized labor to pressure noncompliant employers into allowing union management to talk to employees directly. If an employer has committed violations of labor law, harrassed employees, or committed other obvious breaches, this kind of campaign is a good solution to overcoming employee reticence to learn more about unionization.

Unfortunately, corporate campaigns have also been used in recent years to intimidate or outright extort principled organizations whose employees are happy and have no interest in unionizing. In this case, the union – citing its own interest in gaining market share – will attempt to convince workers they need to join, with their arguments including misleading or outright false information. It’s insidious.

I agree that unscrupulous, abusive employers need to be held accountable for their treatment of employees, and that worker intimidation is not an acceptable response to their workers’ wishes to form a union.

What we also need are checks AND balances, to protect employers from unscrupulous unions. If employees really aren’t interested in joining a union, what good will it do for a union to spend millions of dollars of member dues in order to harass an employer into signing a so-called “neutrality agreement”?

You can read more about corporate campaigns here, particularly one union executive’s flagrant admission that his goal is increasing market share. It’s chilling.
http://theunionlabelblog.com/2…..d-of-town/

Eureka Springs, AR @ 24

Ok kiddo – Imagine what this could do for southern politics. (makes this progressive giddy.)

btw, run kiddo, run!

No. They are not. The same ideas are what sparked the modern labor movement and the New Deal.

Ever thought about being a union organizer?

More and more every single day..)

Ok kiddo – Imagine what this could do for southern politics. (makes this progressive giddy.)

btw, run kiddo, run!

No. They are not. The same ideas are what sparked the modern labor movement and the New Deal.

Ever thought about being a union organizer?

The law requires companies to provide one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked, with a cap of either 40 or 72 hours of leave, depending on the size of the business.