Reasons for the Campaign
Labor Unions have over the years became too big and in recent years, have started to cause companies to fail due to their unreasonable labor relations practices. A recent example would be Hostess which went into bankruptcy due to the high cost of labor that Hostess was unable to maintain. In 2010 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reported that Unions faced a total of 6,338 allegations of violating labor law, with 80.6% of those charges were cases where a union attempted to “restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed” by the National Labor Relations Act (Sec.8(b)(1)).
Goals For the Campaign
Promote companies and products that are willing to invest in their own companies to create a win for employees as well as a win for the company as well!
Additional Details
Union Facts Website:
https://www.unionfacts.com/The NLRB provides the following examples of Unfair Labor Practices by unions (found on Union Facts Website):
- Mass picketing in such numbers that nonstriking employees are physically barred from entering the plant;
- Acts of force or violence on the picket line, or in connection with a strike;
- Threats to do bodily injury to nonstriking employees;
- Threats to employees that they will lose their jobs unless they support the union’s activities;
- Statement to employees who oppose the union that the employees will lose their jobs if the union wins a majority in the plant;
- Entering into an agreement with an employer that recognizes the union as exclusive bargaining representative when it has not been chosen by a majority of the employees;
- Fining or expelling members for crossing a picket line that is unlawful under the Act or that violates a no- strike agreement;
- Fining employees for crossing a picket line after they resigned from the union;
- Fining or expelling members for filing unfair labor practice charges with the Board or for participating in an investigation conducted by the Board;
- Refusing to process a grievance in retaliation against an employee’s criticism of union officers;
- Maintaining a seniority arrangement with an employer under which seniority is based on the employee’s prior representation by the union elsewhere;
- Rejecting an application for referral to a job in a unit represented by the union based on the applicant’s race or union activities;
- Causing an employer to discharge employees because they circulated a petition urging a change in the union’s method of selecting shop stewards;
- Causing an employer to discharge employees because they made speeches against a contract proposed by the union;
- Making a contract that requires an employer to hire only members of the union or employees “satisfactory” to the union;
- Causing an employer to reduce employees’ seniority because they engaged in anti-union acts;
- Refusing referral or giving preference on the basis of race or union activities in making job referrals to units represented by the union, and;
- Seeking the discharge of an employee under a union-security agreement for failure to pay a fine levied by the union.