Union-busting is a range of concerted efforts and strategies that aim at disrupting or preventing the creation of employees’ unions in organizations, mainly by their employers as well as politicians. David Bacon explores the evolution of union busting sophisticated strategies citing a case in Labour Department in California. With the perception that the department is mandated to implement labour and wage regulations to protect the rights of the employees, an official named Richard Sawyer loses his job. The Republican politicians together with the employers make an attempt to ban one of the most active and well established union campaign group referred to as Justice for Janitors (Bacon, 1996). With regard to section 8 (a) (2), such an attempt
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The employees who supported the union were endorsed by the employer, as they received better treatment in addition to rank and payment promotions. The firm developed a small group of workers who strongly supported the firm’s endorsed union, with those in its opposition fighting to maintain their job positions. For instance, Sawyer lost his job in this struggle. These strategies by the firm to endorse a union with the support of the minority of the employees and threatening the workers is a contravention of the provisions in section 8 (a) (2) of the federal labour laws (Shelley & Calveley, 2007). Bacon reveals how employers in cooperation with their political allies strategize to distort the legal system to block the formation of workers’ unions. The employers use apparatus such as amendments to National Labour Relations Act, law firms, such as littler in this case, which specialized in manipulating legal provisions related to labour to favour the employers. They utilized professional specialists to design authentic fights against employees supporting the formation of workers’ unions (Glazer, …show more content…
Anti-union legal firms also use dubious strategies to delay union elections as long as they would so they offer time for the employers to reverse the support of the union through the supervisors and other employees’ representatives. Further, employers fire the most active union supporters illegally in an attempt to minimize the energy and support offered to the unions. These strategies are in contravention of the provisions of labour laws as stipulated in section 8 (b) (1) and 8 (a) (2). The current federal labour laws currently in place ought to be reviewed to ensure they are adequately interpreted and enforced for the welfare of the workers. The review ought to ensure that the laws are free from manipulation by the employers, law firms, as well as the politicians. Employees should have the freedom to unite, take action, and fight for their rights and interests without any form of internal or external interference.
The employees who supported the union were endorsed by the employer, as they received better treatment in addition to rank and payment promotions. The firm developed a small group of workers who strongly supported the firm’s endorsed union, with those in its opposition fighting to maintain their job positions. For instance, Sawyer lost his job in this struggle. These strategies by the firm to endorse a union with the support of the minority of the employees and threatening the workers is a contravention of the provisions in section 8 (a) (2) of the federal labour laws (Shelley & Calveley, 2007). Bacon reveals how employers in cooperation with their political allies strategize to distort the legal system to block the formation of workers’ unions. The employers use apparatus such as amendments to National Labour Relations Act, law firms, such as littler in this case, which specialized in manipulating legal provisions related to labour to favour the employers. They utilized professional specialists to design authentic fights against employees supporting the formation of workers’ unions (Glazer, …show more content…
Anti-union legal firms also use dubious strategies to delay union elections as long as they would so they offer time for the employers to reverse the support of the union through the supervisors and other employees’ representatives. Further, employers fire the most active union supporters illegally in an attempt to minimize the energy and support offered to the unions. These strategies are in contravention of the provisions of labour laws as stipulated in section 8 (b) (1) and 8 (a) (2). The current federal labour laws currently in place ought to be reviewed to ensure they are adequately interpreted and enforced for the welfare of the workers. The review ought to ensure that the laws are free from manipulation by the employers, law firms, as well as the politicians. Employees should have the freedom to unite, take action, and fight for their rights and interests without any form of internal or external interference.