Choosing the right consultant for your union campaign can be a tricky proposition. If you have received a petition from the NLRB recently, you have likely been bombarded with calls, emails, texts, and other messages from attorneys, consulting firms, and independent consultants trying to earn your business. How do you choose the right one from…
“Good faith bargaining” – a concept that can be quite simple and extraordinarily complex all at once. The basics as discussed in Part 1 of this Blog series seem clear. The parties must meet at reasonable times. They must bargain over terms and conditions of employment for the bargaining unit. The parties must execute a…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report last week showing a drop in union membership. Just 10.3% of wage earners chose to belong to a union in 2021. Union membership dropped by nearly a quarter of a million workers across all industries. The data is even more revealing when looking at the difference…
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” Mark Twain There is an National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) statistic that union’s love to cite, namely that unions win well north of 68% of all elections held to organize a company. This is simply a twisting of statistics. For example, many formally filed…
Employees at a Massachusetts-based client of NLRA recently rejected the Teamsters by a comfortable margin. The company with three decades of expertise, is an industry leader in its field. It received all but three votes in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election. The NLRB certified the result of the election on May 4, 2021. The…
CARDS NEO in Grove, OK, formerly owned and operated by Bernice Sanitation, was acquired and became part of the CARDS family of companies in July 2020. The CARDS leadership team, including CEO, Dan Christensen, had their work cut out for them. Much of the equipment was in need of repair and the employees were underpaid,…
In the world of COVID-19, the National Labor Relations Board has made a key shift in policy for union elections. The change from the pre-pandemic preference of in-person voting to mail-in elections begs the question, how does this effect us and what can we do? A Look at the Numbers Since March, a whopping 90%…
It is vital that every business closely monitors its union risk. A union organizing effort can derail the strongest of companies – hurting its image, productivity, and profitability. As long as unions exist, the threat to companies will always be present. Union risk must not be ignored. Successful company’s manage their risk. To do this,…
Employees at American Paper Bag (“APB”), a start-up bag manufacturer in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania have overwhelmingly rejected the Teamsters. In a recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) representation election, 83% of the company’s employees voted against the union. Above all, the margin of victory speaks to the company’s core values as well as its employees’ loyalty…
Businesses Shutdown – Union Organizers Did Not The third week in March the roaring American economy screeched to a halt. A novel coronavirus was sweeping around the glove despite early efforts to prevent its arrival in the U.S. This virus was completely unknown to scientists and it was wreaking havoc and death upon China and…