by Mike Hall, Sep 24, 2010
Martin Jay Levitt spent 19 years “on the dark side,” running 250 union-busting campaigns for corporations around the country. He was good at it too, losing a mere five.
Today in this video, “Confessions of a Union Buster” Levitt is sharing his experience, trade secrets and tips with Delta’s more than 27,000 flight attendants who will begin voting Sept. 29 on forming a union with the Flight Attendants/CWA (AFA/CWA)
Two of the main gospels of any anti-union campaign says Levitt, are misinformation and fear.
A union buster without the atmosphere or climate of fear is like working without one leg and one arm. Fear is essential. Fear is like caviar, lobster and filet mignon to a union buster Along with breaking the law, the element and emotion of fear is vital.
No surprise, but as in past campaigns Delta is running an anti-union drive with fear and misinformation as the focus. Then, says Levitt, comes the divide and conquer strategy.
The more we knew about the demographics and individuals, the more we could set them up. We would pit religion against religion, race against race…we would use background information to set people in some vicious ways, plant false rumors, to ruin lives if you will.
But there is one thing, Levitt says, that union busters fear the most: An informed and prepared group of workers who are in a sense “inoculated” against the tactics and schemes in the union buster’s playbook.
When inoculation is put in force with employees and they see it come true, it creates a feeling of rage–“How can the company be doing something like that?”–and that rage translates to a solidarity which beat me…the most effective weapon you have to beat the union buster is exposure.
The Delta election runs through Nov. 3 and will be conducted under the National Mediation Board’s new democratic election rules that allow a majority of votes cast to decide the outcome.
Yesterday, Senate Republicans failed to overturn the new rules. For more information and the latest news on the campaign, visit www.deltaafa.org.
Corporations hire legal firms to disrupt union elections and use fear and intimidation to amke sure a union isn't voted in.
Management knows they will have to pay more to workers once a union is voted in. Union workers make about 25 per cent more than non-union worker. Nepotism and favouritism is less of a problem in a union environment.
Management also loses power because workers can complain and write grievances against 'bad managers."
A union environment is the most Democratic corporate environment you will work in. Wirehead was a member of the Communications worker of America for several years and loved the work environment. it was a very democratic work environment.
You would think after a positive union vote, a company would work with union reps. Many don't when a Republican president is in office who politicizes the Department of Labor.
During the Bush presidency the Department of labor and Federal Labor Relations Authority refused to enforce labor laws. OSHA even laid off 25 per cent of its inspectors.
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Martin Jay Levitt spent 19 years “on the dark side,” running 250 union-busting campaigns for corporations around the country. He was good at it too, losing a mere five.
Today in this video, “Confessions of a Union Buster” Levitt is sharing his experience, trade secrets and tips with Delta’s more than 27,000 flight attendants who will begin voting Sept. 29 on forming a union with the Flight Attendants/CWA (AFA/CWA)
Two of the main gospels of any anti-union campaign says Levitt, are misinformation and fear.
A union buster without the atmosphere or climate of fear is like working without one leg and one arm. Fear is essential. Fear is like caviar, lobster and filet mignon to a union buster Along with breaking the law, the element and emotion of fear is vital.
No surprise, but as in past campaigns Delta is running an anti-union drive with fear and misinformation as the focus. Then, says Levitt, comes the divide and conquer strategy.
The more we knew about the demographics and individuals, the more we could set them up. We would pit religion against religion, race against race…we would use background information to set people in some vicious ways, plant false rumors, to ruin lives if you will.
But there is one thing, Levitt says, that union busters fear the most: An informed and prepared group of workers who are in a sense “inoculated” against the tactics and schemes in the union buster’s playbook.
When inoculation is put in force with employees and they see it come true, it creates a feeling of rage–“How can the company be doing something like that?”–and that rage translates to a solidarity which beat me…the most effective weapon you have to beat the union buster is exposure.
The Delta election runs through Nov. 3 and will be conducted under the National Mediation Board’s new democratic election rules that allow a majority of votes cast to decide the outcome.
Yesterday, Senate Republicans failed to overturn the new rules. For more information and the latest news on the campaign, visit www.deltaafa.org.
Corporations hire legal firms to disrupt union elections and use fear and intimidation to amke sure a union isn't voted in.
Management knows they will have to pay more to workers once a union is voted in. Union workers make about 25 per cent more than non-union worker. Nepotism and favouritism is less of a problem in a union environment.
Management also loses power because workers can complain and write grievances against 'bad managers."
A union environment is the most Democratic corporate environment you will work in. Wirehead was a member of the Communications worker of America for several years and loved the work environment. it was a very democratic work environment.
You would think after a positive union vote, a company would work with union reps. Many don't when a Republican president is in office who politicizes the Department of Labor.
During the Bush presidency the Department of labor and Federal Labor Relations Authority refused to enforce labor laws. OSHA even laid off 25 per cent of its inspectors.
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