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Effective response to possible union organizing efforts post-pandemic

What factors are converging that cause many pundits to predict an increase in unionization, and how should an employer respond?

By Tim K. Garrett | November 12, 2020 at 10:16 AM
Business trust commitment which Business Partners holding hands with Help, trust ,support ,empathy and factors relationship marketing for reach successful achievement and meeting commit concept.. An employer’s most effective tools against union organizing – whether in a pandemic or not – are credibility, transparency, and empathy. (Photo: Nok Lek/Shutterstock)

Amid all the chaos and disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, wise employers have recently detected a convergence of factors that could lead to an increase in union organizing efforts. This article will discuss those factors and give employers guidance on how to respond in effective ways.

A few points, however, deserve initial mention. An employer’s most effective tools against union organizing – whether in a pandemic or not – are credibility, transparency, and empathy with its workforce. Employers should use these tools – not primarily because the tools help the employer remain union-free (although that is an added benefit) – but rather because the tools primarily help foster a healthy, committed, team-oriented workforce where job security and job satisfaction generally get high marks.

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