Union organization attempts
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I need some advice on how to go about dealing with a local union handing out there cards, etc. at one of our sites. What's the best approach to get involved and get them, hopefully, to go away????
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1) Ignoring them hoping that they go away is seldom a good idea. You need to have a game plan in place.
2) Object of the game (for now) is to prevent them from securing enough signed cards to either petition for an election (30% signed cards), ask you to recognize them as the bargaining unit absent an election (over 50% signed cards) OR petition the NLRB to issue a bargaining order if they secure over 50% cards and they can show serious ULP's (unfair labor practices) have taken place.
3) If you can stop card signing before they reach the 30% mark then you should be ahead of the game. Remember that no one has ever lost an election that was never held!
I would ask Don D to give you more advice since he seems to have quite a bit of experience with unions.
Keep us posted.
Gene
And for starters, like Don said, kick them off your property and call the constabulary if necessary.
Two years later, the guy came back with several of his thugs. It didn't work that time either. The employees were intimidated by the appearance of the gang.
Moral: You have to be ruthless (but abide by the NLRB rules)to let these organizers know you will not play thier game.
>on our door step handing out post cards and union propaganda. The
>President of the company, when he heard about the visitor, actually
>took a baseball bat and held it to the guy's head and threatened him
>with his life.
>
>Two years later, the guy came back with several of his thugs. It
>didn't work that time either. The employees were intimidated by the
>appearance of the gang.
>
>Moral: You have to be ruthless (but abide by the NLRB rules)to let
>these organizers know you will not play thier game.
Back during my days in Philly, it was the Teamsters that showed-up with the baseball bats, threatening to break both knee caps, capisce?