Wednesday, September 3, 2014

This Is What It's Like To Sit Through An Anti-Union Meeting At Work

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One day last fall, employees of Iron Mountain, a Boston-based records management company, were subjected to what union organizers like to call a captive audience meeting.
Employers hold these anti-union meetings once they've gotten wind of an organizing campaign in their midst. Whether the meeting is led by in-house managers or outside consultants, the gist is usually the same: Joining a union is totally your call. But it's a really bad idea, and we're disappointed it's come to this.
The spiel at an Iron Mountain facility near Atlanta, where the Teamsters were trying to organize truck drivers, wasn't unlike the anti-union speeches commonly delivered at other companies. What made this meeting different was that a pro-union worker in attendance was surreptitiously recording it.
READ MORE And Hear Audio of Anti Union Meetings at Staples, Coca Cola and FedEx Freight

Driver rebuttal to the flyers at NHS (front)



A message from an NHS (North Harrisburg, Pa Hub) driver:

Question everything this company is telling you. They would not be pushing back this hard if they didn't fear the Teamsters. 

We were handed this flyer by members of "leadership" last Wednesday as we were leaving the yard for the day after parking our tractors. They had the nerve to stall dozens of drivers who were off the clock and trying to go home after a hard day's work with this leaflet laced with sarcasm.

Our drivers only seen fit to give both sides of the story.

United we stand, divided we beg.


From "Bring the Teamster to FedEx Freight" Facebook