Workers and Corporate America battle over the Employee Free Choice Act

Mandate Author, Kate Bronfenbrenner was recently quoted in an article by David Moberg of In These Times, discussing Worker’s Rights and the Employee Free Choice Act.

When private employers fight against unionization, they often do so with tactics that are illegal or barely legal.

Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University, has found in her most recent research that “employer opposition has steadily increased,” including in “intensiveness and aggressiveness,” such as firing union supporters.

Employer opposition takes its toll, as workers fear for their jobs or economic wellbeing. In the face of employer hostility and long, drawn-out campaigns for union recognition, workers grow cynical or disillusioned, persuaded that collective action is futile, even if they would like a union.

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