Employers spend more than $400 million per year on 'union-avoidance' consultants to bolster their

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union-busting efforts

High-profile union organizing campaigns and attacks on those campaigns at companies such as Amazon, Starbucks, and Google have shined a spotlight on workers seeking better pay and working conditions. However, attempts to derail those efforts by corporations are on the rise, costing more than $400 million a year.

But that number is only the tip of the union-busting iceberg.

Here’s what we know about ‘union avoidance’ today:

When workers seek to form unions, employers often hire “union-avoidance” consultants to dissuade and weaken workers’ unionization efforts. These consultants work to prevent a union election from taking place—and if that fails, to ensure that workers vote against the union.

Employers spend a lot of money trying to derail union organizing campaigns. EPI estimates employers spend $433 million per year on union-avoidance consultants. This work is well compensated—consultants report being paid $350-plus hourly rates or $2,500-plus daily rates for their work to defeat union organizing efforts. This estimate is just a drop in the bucket because there is not enough data to reveal the true scope of what employers spend.

https://www.epi.org/publication/union-avoidance/

[Midnight Writer]

1. American business is determined to kill the goose that lays their golden eggs.

If American workers earned better pay and benefits, they would buy up the goods and services the corporations sell.

There would be an upward spiral of prosperity that would lift their fortunes more than anyone's.

[MichMan]

2. Minimum wage of $40 per hour would be a start