Why Corporate America Hates Unions

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Unions are having a bit of a moment right now - countless stores under brands like Amazon, Chipotle, REI, Starbucks, and many more are winning victories left and right, and corporate America is pulling out all the stops to crush them. Why is the US so antagonistic towards unions, and what can you expect to face when you try to unionize your workplace?

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IWW resources
https://www.iww.org
https://www.iww.org/resources/pamphlets/

Union approval at a57-year high/10% union coverage today/20% union coverage in the 80s
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120111276/labor-union-support-in-us

Union workers make 13% more
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/

Union workers make an extra $1.3M dollars
https://www.businessinsider.com/being-in-union-make-1-million-dollars-more-over-lifetime-2022-10?r=US&IR=T
https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939221129261

Other unionization benefits
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/

Unionized workplaces are safer and have fewer fatalities
https://illinoisepi.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/ilepi-pmcr-unions-and-construction-health-and-safety-final.pdf https://www.forumat.net.br/at/sites/default/files/arq-paginas/does_right_to_work_imperil_right_to_health_ll.pdf

The union threat effect pulls wages up for everyone
https://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/

Amazon puts workers in danger’s way
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/16/tornado-amazon-kentucky-candle-factory-workers-died
https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1470513075489054720?s=20&t=_W3ie7fDZO4a2fzOufIoAg
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/business/amazon-warehouse-suspended-workers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/technology/amazon-tornado-edwardsville.html

Union busting is on the rise
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/election-petitions-up-53-board-continues-to-reduce-case-processing-time-in

Employers spend $340M/y on union avoidance advisors, paid $350/h or $2.5k/d
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/

Starbucks fires workers for organizing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/25/starbucks-union-employees-fired
https://sbworkersunited.org/press/starbucks-fires-over-15-union-leaders-in-buffalo-and-forces-out-countless-more
https://youtu.be/AKnI_iMhjx8?t=178

Starbucks shuts down unionizing locations
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/22/business/starbucks-closure-union/ https://sbworkersunited.org/press/starbucks-closes-first-union-store-in-seattle-in-blatant-retaliation

Violating the NLRA only costs employers backpay, no punitive damages or civil penalties
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/

Employers break the law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns, illegally fire workers in ⅕
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/

Starbucks withholds pay, benefits, perks from unionizing workers
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/starbucks-accused-withholding-benefits-union
https://triblive.com/local/regional/nlrb-issues-complaint-of-starbucks-intimidating-workers-who-unionized/

Employers spy on their workers, use heatmaps to stop unionizing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labor-board-official-takes-aim-at-workplace-spying/
https://www.newsweek.com/they-were-spying-us-amazon-walmart-use-surveillance-technology-bust-unions-1658603

Captive audience meetings
https://cwad1.org/banning-captive-audience-meetings

Constant anti-union propaganda at Boeing
https://inthesetimes.com/article/boeing-workers-face-constant-barrage-of-misinformation-ahead-of-union-vote

Common anti-union rhetoric
https://unionbustingplaybook.com/#common-bluffs

Union dues discouragement at Delta and Boeing (and amazon)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6KE3PBW0AA9Qhp?format=jpg&name=small
https://twitter.com/chactivist/status/829877199419428864?s=20&t=pdXUY9PtdEUWQ-FYK3a4Eg

Even more legal union busting strategies
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/#:~:text=Deficiency%20in%20current%20labor%20law

Strikebreaking origins of the American police
https://jacobin.com/2020/06/police-united-states-strikebreaking-class-war

Companies stall signing union contracts to get them decertified
https://time.com/6221176/worker-strikes-employers-unions/

Presidential strike-breaking
https://jacobin.com/2022/12/joe-biden-democrats-railway-strike-breaking-blame

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