The Consultants Behind ‘Union Busting’
How a pair of “union avoidance” consultants using fake names turned a small Midwestern workplace upside down. Early last year, the president of a small manufacturing company in Missouri received …
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Inside Corporate America’s Favorite ‘Union-Busting’ Firm
The Labor Relations Institute links employers up with the “persuaders” who thwart union organizing campaigns. TULSA, Okla. ― The nexus of the “union avoidance” consulting industry sits in a row …
How Anti-Union Consultants Pressure Immigrant Workers
Documents reveal some of the tactics deployed specifically against immigrants during union campaigns. In the fall of 2020, a group of workers at a recycling company called United Scrap Metal …
How Union Officials Turn Into ‘Union Busters’
“I’m a traitor, right?” said one former Teamster who became an anti-union consultant. Joe Brock gets a lot of calls from employers in distress. The 62-year-old works as a “union …
The U.S. ‘Union-Busting’ Industry: Why We Know So Little
Weak disclosure rules have helped keep anti-union consulting and legal work out of sight. Every week, U.S. workers sit through mandatory meetings where paid consultants discourage them from unionizing. The …