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January 4, 2007

Construction Industry Spotlight: Unions may get a powerful new weapon

  • If passed, the Employee Free Choice Act could make it easier for unions to organize, require employers to go to mediation or arbitration, and raise penalties for employers who violate labor laws.
    • By DANIEL A. SWEDLOW
    Stanislaw Ashbaugh

    So that great new worker you just hired, the one with impeccable credentials and great references, wasn't a worker after all. At least, that's not all he was. He was also a union organizer and now he is using every available opportunity to talk to your employees about joining the union.

    This tactic, known as salting, is a particularly effective tool in the organizer's arsenal and it may become even more powerful later this year.


     
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