Unionbusting Confidential

To keep out organized labor, you need the union-busting law firm Jackson Lewis

By Art Levine

If you thought the union movement was in decline--Think Again!" So read an online ad for a recent seminar in Las Vegas that promised to help me remain union-free. Actually, I had thought the union movement was in decline, but I'm an open-minded sort, so [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Unionbusting Economics-

    The way to put unionbusters out of business is to encourage Democrats to compromise with Republicans on the Employee Free Choice Act.

    Congress should pass increases on penalties for violations of current law, and remove the changes to labor law to which Republicans vehemently oppose, namely requiring companies to accept the results of a majority signature card organizing drive.

    Putting economic teeth for violators of Labor Law would critically wound the Union busting industry.  It would be far more economical to simply negotiate fairly with employees, rather than pay for an expensive union buster, and then paying even more expensive fines when caught firing supporters of concerted action. 

    Most American realize the benefits of negotiating as a group.  Often employees get discounts at local merchants, or on vacation packages.  The right of employees to associate with each other for mutual benefit does not require that they join a union…employees can also form moral committees, employee associations, or even their own independant unions without affilation with the big unions.  Yet all Americans are harmed by the unionbusters and the economic advantages of violating labor law.

    Requiring the “card check” provision on the EFCA is a bridge too far.  It’s time for incremental labor reform to aid all Americans who simply believe in the enforcement of the laws that helped make America great.

    United States Posted by agilepeople on Sep 26, 2007 at 8:36 AM

    I always thought that unions are disappearing but i think they are booming back. I think unions are great for the working man.
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    United States Posted by james arthur lee on Mar 26, 2010 at 10:01 PM

    I always thought unions were not around anymore. I think unions are such a great thing and help employees. I am not sure why people would want to bust up a union.
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    United States Posted by james arthur lee on Apr 1, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    Great article. Thanks for sharing information with us, this website is very interesting. I learn a lot of things.
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    France Posted by clyde on Sep 28, 2010 at 7:20 AM

    What can Americans do to effect a change in this industry? Exercise your democratic right to lobby your local, state and federal representatives, and most importantly, your local utility, to demand that only union-mined coal be used to generate the electricity that we all use, and take for granted. That is a market driven solution to dangerous, non-union coal mining.


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    Pakistan Posted by Clark Anderson on Dec 20, 2010 at 3:04 AM

    But if everything failed, and we found ourselves negotiating with a newly formed union, then we still shouldn’t lose heart. Instead, we could continue to undermine the union by rejecting all of its demands during negotiations. (In fact, in about a third of the cases after a union victory, employers don’t even agree to a contract.)

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    Pakistan Posted by cassy jessper on Dec 28, 2010 at 12:34 PM
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