Union Truth: Former Union Organizer Speaks Out
With much talk from the unions about the need to pass labor reform, specifically the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a former union organizer has decided to stay silent no longer.
Kate Bronfenbrenner recently published "No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing". AWF broke down several of her key points for the public in the below press release.
Former Union Organizer Speaks Out
New study by former union organizer sheds light on the real union agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, a new paper by former union organizer Kate Bronfenbrenner, “No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing,”, illustrates that despite union’s attempts to skew data indicating employer misconduct, the majority of workers don’t want to join a union.
Unions intend to solve this problem by effectively eliminating secret-ballot elections, having the government impose contracts on newly organized workers, and continue to control failing multi-employer pensions with the Employee Free Choice Act.
• Only 9% of non-union workers want to join a union but 47% of union members believe that most workers want one.
• Bronfenbrenner confirms union organizers do not directly observe what happens in the workplace – they only hear second- and third-hand reports.
• Unions withdraw, or the NLRB dismisses, 50 percent of union allegations of threats, 57 percent of union harassment allegations, and 68 percent of claims of firings for supporting the union.
• Organized labor’s own analysis shows that employer misconduct rarely occurs and only a small minority of employers threatens, harasses, or fires pro-union workers.
• Card-check methods and snap elections are intended to prevent employers from having the opportunity to educate workers before they vote.
• Bronfenbrenner found that in states that unionizing elections allow card-check organizing for government employees, unions had a 100 percent win rate in card-check organizing campaigns.
“The fact that every state allowing chard-check has had a 100 percent union win rate, while the majority of workers don’t want to join unions is a precursor to what will happen if EFCA passes,” stated Brian Johnson, Executive Director of Alliance for Worker Freedom. “What’s worse, unions know that their members pensions are failing and forcing more companies to try and cover this burden will not help the situation.”
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If 47% of union workers believe most workers want to be in the union, why do they need card check and EFCA? Oh yeah, because the other 53% and the union leaders know that have to FORCE people to join unions.
>> TCH June 18, 2009 18:21 pm
You are grossly misrepresenting Kate Bronfenbrenner's conclusions, demonstrating breath taking dishonesty. For example, she certainly does not conclude that "Organized labor’s own analysis shows that employer misconduct rarely occurs and only a small minority of employers threatens, harasses, or fires pro-union workers." Here is her summary of employer misconduct statistics: "It has become standard practice for workers to be subjected by corporations to threats, interrogation, harassment, sur- veillance, and retaliation for supporting a union. An analysis of the 1999-2003 data on NLRB election campaigns finds that: • 63% of employers interrogate workers in mandatory one-on-one meetings with their supervisors about support for the union; • 54% of employers threaten workers in such meetings; • 57% of employers threaten to close the worksite; • 47% of employers threaten to cut wages and benefits; and • 34% of employers fire workers." http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp235factsheet/ No one who is the slightest bit informed about what actually goes on during union organizing campaigns is likely to swallow your blatant anti union propaganda. For those who make a living busting union drives, you certainly supply usefully deceptive talking points, but even they are unlikely to believe a word of it.
>> joe hill June 19, 2009 19:33 am
I have been working for a non-union company for many years. We are a minority owned business and we supply our employees with excellent benefits including, pension, medical, dental, vision, bonuses, etc.... We do alot of public works and pay our employees at least the prevailing wage plus more. That is why our employees have been with us so long. They know they are paid well and they would not get that with a union. We keep them on our insurance plan even when they are not working due to slow periods. They have alot of benefits and are treated very well. Yet, the unions constantly harrass us to have our employees join. They go as far as contacting our customers and telling them that they are not able to use us due to the fact we are non-union unless we sign an agreement. We have lost alot of work due to the fact they have done this to us. We should not have to pay the union their fees when we already pay our employees very well. What benefit is it for our employees to pay dues and training fees when they get paid the same if not better with us and pay no extra fees!!!!!! How do you stop them!!!!!!!!!!
>> Minority Owned Business June 24, 2009 24:07 pm
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