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?

Why Corporate America Hates Unions – Second Thought
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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/2022/08/31/112011...

Union workers make 13% more
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlaw...

Union workers make an extra $1.3M dollars
https://www.businessinsider.com/being...
https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793922112...

Other unionization benefits
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlaw...

Unionized workplaces are safer and have fewer fatalities
https://illinoisepi.files.wordpress.c... https://www.forumat.net.br/at/sites/d...

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

Amazon puts workers in danger’s way
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/sta...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/bu...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/te...

Union busting is on the rise
https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/ne...

Employers spend $340M/y on union avoidance advisors, paid $350/h or $2.5k/d
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlaw...

Starbucks fires workers for organizing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
https://sbworkersunited.org/press/sta...
   • EXPOSED: Starbucks' Illegal Union-Bus...  

Starbucks shuts down unionizing locations
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/22/bu... https://sbworkersunited.org/press/sta...

Violating the NLRA only costs employers backpay, no punitive damages or civil penalties
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlaw...

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

Starbucks withholds pay, benefits, perks from unionizing workers
https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/star...
https://triblive.com/local/regional/n...

Employers spy on their workers, use heatmaps to stop unionizing
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labor-bo...
https://www.newsweek.com/they-were-sp...

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

Constant anti-union propaganda at Boeing
https://inthesetimes.com/article/boei...

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

Union dues discouragement at Delta and Boeing (and amazon)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6KE3PBW0...
https://twitter.com/chactivist/status...

Even more legal union busting strategies
https://www.epi.org/publication/unlaw...

Strikebreaking origins of the American police
https://jacobin.com/2020/06/police-un...

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

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