Why Corporate America Hates Unions

If you'd like to help make a difference this year, consider donating to one of the high-impact charities verified by GiveWell! Visit https://givewell.org and select "YouTube" and enter "Second Thought" at checkout to get your donation matched up to $100! 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? Why Corporate America Hates Unions – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS Citations: 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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