Organizing Guide For Local Unions

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) - the number one item on the agenda of organized labor - is expected to be one of the first bills introduced and voted on in the first 100 days of the 2009 Congress. If passed it will revolutionize the way in which unions attempt to organize your employees . In this environment every employer may find themselves subject to union organizing efforts. Aspen Publishers' Employer's Guide to Union Organizing Campaigns helps you guide your company through every stage of union organizing campaigns, So that you can react quickly, effectively, and legally even before organizing begins. Whether you're looking to be proactive - or react effectively - you need the insights And The tools to create effective and legally compliant policies and responses to union activity. Employer's Guide to Union Organizing Campaig ns provides: Complete coverage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) How-to practical guidance on anticipating - and reacting to - union activity while staying in compliance Sample letters, checklists, and documents ready for your immediate use Up-to-date coverage of current case law Employer's Guide to Union Organizing Campaigns delivers expert, step-by-step guidance to help you: Understand how today's organizing environment can affect your company Recognize new union tactics such as the corporate campaign And The request for card-check recognition Effectively respond to union organizing without violating the law, alienating the workforce or creating ill-will in the community

A self-help guide for professional union organizers interested in recruiting on a larger scale. Award-winning author Bob Oedy has created the ultimate resource for union organizers committed to building more powerful unions. These are innovative techniques to take back your industry, and leave the competition in the dust. Want to recruit more members than ever before? Want to survive the gauntlet of local union politics? Tired of ineffective techniques taught by academics with zero union organizing experience? Put proven strategies to work for you. Protect your reputation and cement a foundation for a solid union organizing career. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned veteran, this ground-breaking union organizing book will help you leave a legacy that lasts.

An easy-to-read, thorough explanation of what unions are, how they work, and the rights and responsibilities of membership.

Organizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour’s collective action: on the one hand, workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests and, on the other hand, social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour’s interests from the top down. The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries – Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership.