The Disadvantages of Unionization

Being organized by a labor union isn’t just a bad thing for impacted employees, it’s also a bad thing for your company.  Let’s look at three important reasons for maintaining a union-free status.

First, a union significantly increases operating expenses (by as much as 30%) while having a negative impact on employee productivity.  How?  Unionization increases payroll and benefit expenses, [...]

NMB Rule Change Will Make it Easier for Unions to Organize

The National Mediation Board, which oversees labor relations in the rail and airline industries, has adopted a rule that makes it easier for unions to win representation elections.  Under the old rules, a union had to receive votes from over half the eligible voters to become the bargaining representative.  With the change, a union just [...]

Is Your Company At Risk of Unionization?

Given the pro-labor reforms expected to occur in 2010, it’s worth a few minutes of your time to consider some common symptoms of companies who are “at-risk” of being attacked by a union organizing attempt.  The following symptoms are presented by Phil Wilson in his book, The Next 52 Weeks:

Feeling that management doesn’t do a good [...]