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The Anti-Union Network
57 million men and women would like to have a union in their
workplace for a chance to secure fair wages, affordable health
care, improved working conditions, and better rights on the
job. So why don't these workers have the basic protections of a
union?
It's time the truth got out. Anti-union organizations and
for-profit 'unionbusting' consultants have greatly contributed
to workers experiencing enormous obstacles when trying to form
unions. The rise of these groups over the last few decades,
their multi-million dollar budgets, and their escalating attacks
are no coincidence: it's the result of a decades-long plan from
right-wing ideologues bent on dismantling labor organizations
responsible for advancing the social and economic interests of
America's workers.
No doubt you've heard about the over-the-top anti-union ads
produced by the Center
for Union Facts. The ads are the most recent,
highly-visible example of the anti-union network at work. And
while there's a growing understanding about the extensive
right-wing infrastructure - responsible for dramatically
shifting public policy and altering our nation's political
landscape - a significant part of this movement has received
much less attention. The anti-union network is
well-financed, well-established, and well-coordinated—and
yet virtually unknown. Look behind the scenes as
we expose the funding, the origins, the tactics, the motives,
and the players involved in undermining workers and their
unions.
Profiles of the Anti-Union Network
Learn more about the range of organizations comprising the
anti-union network. We'll continue to post profiles of players
and groups in the future. Stay tuned for more.
Center for Union Facts—notorious industry
lobbyist and PR flak Richard Berman is now attacking unions
through his latest front group, in the same way he's fought
against drunk driving laws, health regulations, consumer
protections, and minimum wage increases for years.
Read more…
National Right to Work Foundation and Committee—is
the country's oldest organization dedicated solely to destroying
unions.
Read more…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce—the nation's most
powerful business lobbying organization, has been campaigning
against unions, fair labor practices, and legal protections for
America's workers for nearly a century.
Read more…
Public Service Research Foundation and Council—these
small, established groups supply their more prominent anti-union
colleagues with research, polling, and propaganda to fight
against the right of teachers and other public employees to have
unions.
Read more…
For-Profit Unionbusters—these professional
consultants or lawyers profit off their ability to manipulate
labor law, advising employers on how to thwart union organizing
drives or how to get rid of workers' unions.
Read
more…
Highlights
Don't Trust the 'Facts' at the Center for Union Facts
Richard Berman often disputes solid science, grossly
exaggerates facts, and offers dubious or erroneous statistics to
further the agenda of his industrial clients, whether by
claiming there isn't much evidence that secondhand smoke causes
cancer or by disputing the existence of a public health crisis
linked to obesity. So it’s downright predictable that
the 'union facts' presented on the Center's website range from
misleading to categorically false. Take
a look at what we found...
Why is the Department of Labor working with the
Center for Union Facts?
In spite of its duty to protect workers, the
Bush Department of Labor appears to be a close supporter of the
Center for Union Facts and Richard Berman, raising
questions about possible impropriety by agency officials.
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