Marian expressed why she is so passionate working for employee rights and detailed successes that She was involved in. Also, examples of how far employers will go to suppress organizing efforts was very interesting, and being a union member for over forty years, I could relate to the information. The exorbitant cost to bring in corporate teams who are “Union Busters,” was estimated to be $600.00 to $1,0000.00 per day, showing how important it is to eliminate collective bargaining and union representation in the workplace. Employer tactics to divert union organizing efforts sometimes work, when they begin to acquiesce to some workers concerns, and give the appearance of making changes in the workplace. Frank denotes that this is similar to the Hawthorne Effect that we read about in Richard Donkin’s book on work, where employees just want to feel appreciated, and in turn productivity increases, and discontentment is …show more content…
Frankie the K is an awesome instructor, historian, musician, comedian, philosopher, and seer, who has an immense cache of information, even surpassing mine (WOW!). Both textbooks were very informative, and add to my knowledge of labor which leads me to have to reformat my hard drive, as my brain needs to be partitioned. I will use this new information to pass on to my brothers and sisters in the movement, to help future causes in the struggle of the working class. In the end we will all live happily ever