The Labor Relations Institute posted snippets of video online that shows former union organizers speaking out about the tactics and techniques they have used to get employees to sign union authorization cards (“card check”). I believe these are excerpts from longer videos which LRI produces and sells that can be shown to employee populations for [...]
Nothing strikes me as more complex and arcane than the National Labor Relations Board process for holding an election (“secret ballot vote”). Fraught with rules, exceptions and technicalities, it’s one of those things that takes a while to understand. At least that’s true for me, as a communication professional who is not an attorney.
So, it [...]
In the last post, I started to try and unravel the dispute about “choice.” Various pro-business groups and media are saying that the secret ballot election would go away under EFCA, and that workers would not have a choice.
Technically, that appears to be false. What changes is who gets to make the choice. Who chooses [...]
When I audit the communications of companies faced with unionization, one thing that stands out is a focus on profits over people. Not that this is wrong in a capitalist economy – but it can leave employees feeling left out. That sentiment can make a company vulnerable to union organizing.
We’re not talking about news release [...]
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