In nearly 60 percent of union election campaigns, employers threaten to close the plant, half of employers threaten workers in one-on-one "sweat sessions," and in a third of the elections, they retaliate by firing workers.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Level the playing field
I support card check - the idea that if 50% of the workforce signs cards in support of a union, the company must recognize that union. A new study out of Cornell University sums up why our current system is tilted too far to the companies:
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If I believed that employees actually understood what they were signing, I *might* agree with you. Fact is, a large segment of the workforce is young with no idea what unions are all about. They have someone shove a card in their face and say, "Here...if you want us to get you a 5 million percent increase in pay, sign this." BTW...it is illegal to threaten to close, shut down, etc. It is NOT illegal for a union to promise blindly with no intention to fulfil.
ReplyDeleteIt's also illegal to speed.
ReplyDeleteA law is only as good as the enforcement of that law. As the study shows, NLRB laws are broken openly and brazenly by companies.
But, nah, the real problem is that the employee just might not understand what he is signing. The company would never lie to him.