LibGuides: Labor Leadership: Union Organizing/Anti-union Campaigns

Union Organizing Resources

AFSCME Steward Handbook
Guide to organizing co-workers to take collective action in the workplace.
Building Regional Power Research Project - Wayne State University
The Building Regional Power Research Project brings together labor educators, the UALE CLC Task Force, the AFL-CIO CLC Advisory Committee, and AFL-CIO Political Field staff to document how local labor movements are developing systematic strategies for achieving regional power
Five Basic Steps to Organize a Union (UE)
The basics from the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE).
How to Organize (IWW)
There is a wealth of information here on the basics and strategies of organizing workers.
Join a Union (AFL-CIO)
Information for workers who are interested in joining a union.
Organizing: People, Power & Change (Marshall Ganz)
"This Web module contains learning materials that touch upon such questions as: What is organizing? How do people organize? What skills are required of organizers? How can these skills be shared with others? This module is designed for organizers, students, and trainers of organizers alike. It is more of a library than online course per se.
Organizers and students will find readings, video lecture clips and Web links on organizing ("Learning Resources" tab on this website). In addition, trainers will find a pedagogy of organizing developed by Professor Ganz and his colleagues ("Trainer's Workshop")."
Repower
Repower is a team of organizers, strategists, and technologists dedicated to building transformative political power. Their work is tied to the belief that by partnering with individuals, organizations, and coalitions across the country, they can uncover leaders within communities to create radical change.
"Defend (and Understand) Your Transgender Members"
Written by Andrea Bowen and published by Labor Notes, the article defines key terms and describes concrete ways that unions can support their transgendered members in the workplace and at the bargaining table.

Anti-Union Campaigns

LM-10 Employer Reports (U.S. Office of Labor Management Standards)
Access reports on employer dealings with labor relations consultants. Click "i" for more information.
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Employers must file annual reports to disclose certain specified financial dealings with their employees, unions, union agents, and labor relations consultants. Employer Report, Form LM-10, must be filed by employers to disclose:
Payments or other financial arrangements (other than those permitted under section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and payments and loans by banks and similar institutions) which they made to any union, its officers, or its employees;

Payments to any of their employees for the purpose of causing them to persuade other employees with respect to their bargaining and representation rights, unless the other employees are told about these payments before or at the same time they are made;

Payments for the purpose of interfering with employees in the exercise of their bargaining and representation rights, or obtaining information on employee or union activities in connection with labor disputes involving their company; and

Arrangements (and payments made under these arrangements) with a labor relations consultant or any other person for the purpose of persuading employees with respect to their bargaining and representation rights, or for obtaining information concerning employee activities in a labor dispute involving their company.
National Legal and Policy Center, Organized Labor Accountability Project
The NLPC advocates ending the use of compulsory union dues for political purposes. Its Union Corruption Update provides exposure to perceived union abuses of power.
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
"The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, established in 1968, is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by abuses of compulsory unionism."