New Study Finds No Evidence of Union Intimidation Under Majority Sign-Up
May 11, 2009
 A new study puts to rest the claim, circulated by opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act, that majority sign-up would encourage union intimidation.
The report, released by University of Illinois Professor Robert Bruno, analyzed unionization among public sector workers in Illinois – where labor law allows majority sign-up for state workers – and found not one proven case of union intimidation in more than six years of data.
“From 2003-2009, 21,197 public sector workers employed in state, county, municipal and educational institutions voluntarily joined a union … in nearly 800 petition cases, there was not a single confirmed incidence of union coercion.”
“The data in the report contradicts everything the opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act have been saying on TV and in print,” said IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill. “Workers join unions because of the security and benefits it provides, not because of intimidation.”
While the study could find no examples of union intimidation under majority sign-up, one study found that under current labor law 25 percent of employers fire pro-union workers when faced with an organizing drive, while more than 70 percent hire professional union-busters.
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To read the report, click here: http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/efca_illinois.pdf
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