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Increasingly, social media and digital communications and digital communications have become important organizing tools for labor unions. Moreover, according to a recent Labor and Employment Report, social-media organizing is particularly effective a...
Prevent Union Organizing, UP: Recognizing
There are many forms of protected concerted activity. It could be as simple as your employees wearing buttons and pins with a labor union logo or as complex as a work stoppage to get management's attention for an employee issue. Following are some mo...
Labor Law, Prevent Union Organizing, UP: Recognizing
What is the cost of unionization? For union members, it’s typically around two-and-a-half hours of pay each month. But, for a company, the cost of unionization is more in line with a 30% increase in operating expenses. And the cost of a union to a ...
no company is immune to union organizing, and why it's important to understand exactly what is a union and important facts about organizing campaigns....
Should an employer let employees decide if they want to unionize? Or should the employer do everything possible within the law to keep unions out? This question is common among employers when some employees and a union are attempting to initiate a un...
It doesn't seem applicable to an industry like manufacturing, which is heavily unionized, but the gig economy is invading every industry as technology is embedded deeper and deeper into society. There is a growing trend, fueled by big unions, to turn...
To know how to communicate with a diverse workplace, you’ll need to make sure the company’s messages can be easily understood – by every employee....
The side effects of a union organizing drive on employees endure long beyond the immediate consequences of a vote that is won or lost. It's just another reason to stay union-free. Engaging employees is a never-ending process before, during, and after...
Union Campaign Communication, UP: Recognizing
The ADA's Title I specifically prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in every area of employment: recruitment, interviewing, hiring, promotions, benefits, termination and layoffs. When it comes to respectfully approaching disabili...
Diversity & Inclusion, Labor Law, UP: Recognizing
The recent United Automobile Workers (UAW) strikes is recent example of how unions hurt workers, but it has some twists compared to other strikes. Educate your leaders and employees on unions by taking advantage of communication tools like video, web...
UP: Recognizing
Table Of Contents 0.1Workforce Skill Composition a Major Factor1Getting Real About Wages1.1No Proof in the Proving One of the mantras of union representatives is, "Union employees earn more." Certainly, the unions eagerly point to various studies tha...
Table Of Contents 1Birth of a Union Campaign2The Developing Union Campaign3The Journey to A Union Election4Collective Bargaining: More, Same, Less5Cost of a Union Campaign5.1Employer Costs5.2Union Costs Birth of a Union CampaignA union campaign doesn...
