2/ this is a smart move. regardless of what management thinks of unions, there are two kinds of digital media companies these days when it comes to union drives. 1) those who recognize their unions more or less voluntarily and end up with a union and 2) those which ...
3/ fight by every possible means to avoid being unionized and incur all manner of brand damage and workroom acrimony and then also end up with a union. It's different in other industries. But anyone who doesn't see this hasn't watched the industry for the last five or ...
4/ six years. A few times over the last two or three years some outlet has a unionization drive and in cases where there's a name founder the founder freaks and then some mutual friend puts them in touch with me. I take a little pride in the fact that I've played a small ...
5/ role in avoiding needless acrimony for some other orgs. My message is almost always twofold. First, it's not as bad as you're worried it might be and you'll probably end up with a more stable workplace. Second, immediately recognize the union ...
6/ without any conditions. There are good ethical reasons to do this. If a majority of employees decide to unionize that's their legal right. But whether you like that or not you're going to lose your pitched battle to stop it if you're considering that. In our case when ...
7/ our union first contacted me they said the staff was unanimous. So that settled it. There was nothing to negotiate. They'd made their decision. With corporate outfits it's a very different calculus. But when it's an individual owner or founder these people ...
8/ often need some hand-holding or reassurance not to self-sabotage. So hey, I may have counseled your boss to recognize your union! Appreciate the congrats!!!!!!!!!
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