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Home > Oil Gas News > Fear of Unionization A Faded Issue for HR Managers, HR.BLR.com Poll Finds
Fear of Unionization A Faded Issue for HR Managers, HR.BLR.com Poll Finds
As unions split and reorganize to attempt to gather renewed strength, two-thirds of human resource managers rate their concern about unionization as “low” or “non-existent,” according to the latest online poll at HR.BLR.com.
Old Saybrook, CT (PRWEB) July 28, 2005 –- Not so long ago, human resource managers trembled at the thought of union organizers in their midst. Now, two-thirds rate their concern as “low” or “non-existent,” according to the latest online poll at HR.BLR.com, a website for HR managers.
The poll asked, “What's the level of concern about union organizing at your company?”
The responses broke down this way:
Non-existent - 43 %
Low - 25 %
Moderate - 14 %
We're already organized - 10 %
High - 7 %
The poll, conducted July 20-26, drew 557 participants. It occurred amid heavy news coverage of the AFL-CIO’s 50th-anniversary convention and the high-profile departure of seven dissident unions from the coalition, including the Teamsters Union and the Service Employees International Union.
“It’s hard to say whether these numbers reflect the waning power of organized labor or simply preparedness on the part of today’s HR professionals,” said Kevin Flood, BLR editor. “One legacy of the labor movement is the array of laws we have now to protect workers, like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the state workers’ compensation laws, and the various equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws. An HR manager must understand them and comply with them, even if their employees aren’t organized. From a compliance perspective, then, they may view the threat of unionization as a been-there-done-that situation.”
Still, any attempt to unionize a workplace brings into play a law that HR managers must be especially careful to follow: the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That’s why HR.BLR.com offers a free download of the Unions page in its compliance library. This PDF explains how an employer must comply with the NLRA and other laws in dealing with everything from union solicitation and “salting” to union elections and grievances.
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