NLRB Charges 10 Roads Express for Violations of the National Labor Relations Act

  NLRB Charges 10 Roads Express for Violations of the National Labor Relations Act

"...The charges against 10 Roads Express include threats against workers of pay cuts, route cuts, and withholding bonuses. They also include threatening to discharge drivers for engaging in legally protected union activities. The company also unlawfully promised workers better health care benefits and improved terms and conditions if they rejected union representation. The company’s attempts to halt workers’ plans to build a union ultimately failed when a majority of workers voted..."

Reference: apwu.org
 

Union Busting (Opinion)

 
OPINION: UAW busting, Southern style
"...Senate Republicans from some Southern states went to work trying to do just that, on the foreign car companies' behalf. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Bob Corker ( R-Tenn.) and Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) -- representatives from states that subsidize companies such as Honda, Volkswagen, Toyota and Nissan..."
Reference: www.latimes.com