Why aren’t more workers forming unions?
Findings from a new report reveal that most employers take full advantage of the opportunity to tread on workers’ rights to a “free choice” before a union representation vote. They do this by aggressively intimidating, harassing, and coercing workers in an effort to undermine union support. Among employers faced with organizing campaigns: • 30% of employers fire pro-union workers. • 49% of employers threaten to close a worksite when workers try to form a union, but only 2% actually do. • 51% of employers coerce workers into opposing unions with bribery or favoritism. • 82% of employers hire high-priced unionbusting consultants to fight union organizing drives. • 91% of employers force employees to attend one-on-one anti-union meetings with their supervisors.
