Effectively Managing In A Union Free Environment
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Effectively Managing in a Union-Free Environment
April 2011SETHRA
Robert Morehouse, SPHR
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Agenda
• What is your company’s position on unions?• A little labor history• Why do employees want unions?• Why do employees remain union free?• Treatment and RESPECT• What will it mean to you if your employees
organize• Positive actions
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What is your company’s position on unions?
• Do you have one?• Orientation• Some terms– Strike– AFL-CIO– “Right to Work”– Unfair Labor Practices
Unfair LP vs. Economic
National Labor Relations Act
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Labor History
• 1835 General strike for 10-hour workday• 1887 Haymarket Square• 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act• 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act• 1935 Wagner Act• 1947 Taft-Hartley Act • 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act• 1981 Reagan fires air-traffic controllers
National Labor Relations Act
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Why do employees want unions?
• Poor management• A common misconception “The employees want
more money”• The truth: “Unions generally do not seek to
organize…employees do.”• Lack of Security• RESPECT• “No other choice.”
It is NOT about money and benefits
Quote of a Union Leader
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Why do employees remain union free?
• Good management• Security• RESPECT• “Fair” treatment• Understand the business realities of their
company• Competitive pay and benefits
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The “How” of Treatment and Respect
• Share information with employees• Involve them in decisions that impact them• Have clearly written and available rules and
policies – more is not better• Follow your rules and policies• What is “favoritism?”• The Role of the Site Senior
Manager
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What it will mean to you the employees if you organize
• Probably will lose your job• T.I.P.S. and F.O.E.• Like a divorce• Deal with a third-party • Establish a Collective Bargaining Agreement• May become noncompetitive due to:• If you remain employed…a valuable learning
experience
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Positive Actions• The ± employee surveys• Management development• Live the principles behind the
“7 tests for just cause”• Know and communicate how
you are competitive ( if not…why?)
• Employee engagement
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Questions
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