The Huffington Post, November 22, 2011, Tuesday

The Huffington Post

November 22, 2011, Tuesday

The Huffington Post (full article)

GOP and Chamber of Commerce's War Over the Bulletin Board

For example, in the past few decades, corporations have spent billions on union-busting consultants to intimidate employees. According to Cornell University's Kate Bronfenbrenner, one-quarter of all employers violate the NLRA, illegally firing at least one employee during union-organizing campaigns. The lucky workers get reinstated years later after exhaustive court battles. Penalties for these violations are so minimal that most employers treat them as a minor cost of doing business. Employees who initially signed union cards are often long gone or too afraid to vote by the time the NLRB conducts an election.