UAW has Tesla Workers in its Crosshairs
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
A Tesla factory worker says he wants to form a union. Tesla says he’s a salt who is being paid by the UAW to organize the company from within. According to the worker, the company “doesn’t function as well as it could” He claims employees work long hours, face excessive mandatory overtime, and are prone…
Read More Salting during Union Organizing Drive Continues to Make a Comeback
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
After eight years of a very pro-union president and the most pro-labor National Labor Relations Board since the Roosevelt Administration, union membership in the United States is at an all-time low. To make matters worse for unions, in 2016, 43% of union households voted for Donald Trump despite labor leaders funneling tens of millions of…
Read More Unions Increase Use of Salting to Gain New Members
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Non-union Aerotek had a contract to provide electricians to Interstates Electric for a construction project in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union sent Brett Johnson and two other members to apply for jobs with Aerotek. Once hired, Johnson and his cohorts were instructed to organize Aerotek workers to join the…
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