Ambush Elections: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Regardless upon which side of the argument you sit, the statistics of the first 150 days post-ambush elections will help your argument. Management lawyers argue that the dire warnings were well founded. Pro-labor law reformists say the warnings were much ado about nothing. You should make up your own mind after learning the stats. Union…
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As Threatened, NLRB Implements Ambush Election Rules

Yesterday, I warned that the NLRB’s ruling to allow employees to use company-provided email systems for union organizing was perhaps the first of a flurry of pro-union rulings to be released between now and the end of the year. Today the NLRB “modernized” its union election procedures. The Board’s “modern” representation procedures are heavily slanted to…
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Combatting Micro-Unit Union Organizing Techniques

Faced with difficulties in organizing broader units in a number of industries, some unions have adopted a strategy of targeting smaller units in order to convince a smaller number of employees to vote in favor of union representation. This is called micro-units. You can read more about micro-units on my website here. As a refresher…
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