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After passage of the Wagner Act in 1935, the first nationally known union busting agency was Labor Relations Associates of Chicago, Inc. (LRA) founded in 1939 by Nathan Shefferman, who later in 1961 wrote The Man in the Middle, a guide to union busting, and has been considered the 'founding father' of the modern union avoidance industry. [31]
Union busting is a range of activities undertaken to disrupt or weaken the power of trade unions or their attempts to grow their membership in a workplace. Union busting tactics can refer to both legal and illegal activities, and can range anywhere from subtle to violent.
Salting is a labor union tactic involving the act of getting a job at a specific workplace with the intent of organizing a union. [1] A person so employed is called a "salt". The tactic is often discussed in the United States because under US law unions may be prohibited from talking with workers in the workplace and salting is one of the few ...
The five-day strike is slated in Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles, the union posted on X late Thursday, ... "We're calling on allies to join us at 3 "anchor" picket lines TODAY. Each day, we'll ...
Meanwhile, stores that have filed for union elections, including the more than 250 stores where workers have voted to form unions, make up less than 4 percent of the companies’ approximately ...
The strike is a challenge to Amazon's operations as it races to fulfill orders during its busiest season of the year, although union-represented facilities represent only about 1% of Amazon's ...
The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO , and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County.
The union miners, exposed on the logged-off hillside, had not positioned themselves for a gunfight, while mine guards were able to shelter in buildings. The union men circled above the mill, and got into a position where they could send a box of black powder down the flume into one of the mine buildings. The building exploded, killing one ...