Union Buster Tracker Aims to Help Union Organizing
HELENA, MONTANA – In his home office a few miles from Montana’s State Capitol in Helena, LaborLab Co-Founder Bob Funk checks Department of Labor filings to see if there are any new union busters.
“I am probably one of six people in the country who check these DOL filings regularly,” says Funk.
Funk’s effort is part of LaborLab’s new Union-Busting Tracker that launched in late 2021 in order to give the labor movement a fuller picture of the anti-union forces that workers are fighting in union drives.
In January of 2022, twice the number of workplaces filed for union elections than in January of 2021, and activists expect to see that energy continue. Still, with workers mobilizing in record numbers, employers are fighting back.
Since the beginning of 2022, at least 135 anti-union campaigns have been launched, according to LaborLab. In some instances, employers are hiring union busters in places where union campaigns have yet to happen.
“Employers are scared of workers organizing and union busters are taking advantage of this to make big bucks,” says Funk.
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