Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
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◆ cont<strong>in</strong>ued development <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure (courses, manuals,<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g mechanisms) to support corporate campaigns,<br />
and a grow<strong>in</strong>g population <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, now number<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> the hundreds, whose primary job responsibility is to plan<br />
and lead them;<br />
◆ <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g numbers <strong>of</strong> multi-union, or even movement<br />
wide, attacks on <strong>in</strong>dividual companies, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g activity<br />
by transnational union alliances and <strong>in</strong>ternational labor organizations;<br />
◆ rapid expansion <strong>of</strong> networks and coalitions <strong>of</strong> nonunion allies<br />
and surrogates that advance and legitimize union attacks on<br />
companies, both with<strong>in</strong> the U.S. and <strong>in</strong>ternationally;<br />
◆ an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> corporate campaigns for political,<br />
policy or ideological purposes, rather than for economic/<br />
employment purposes.<br />
This report concludes that corporate campaigns play an important<br />
and grow<strong>in</strong>g role as an alternative to labor-management relations<br />
as envisioned <strong>in</strong> the nation’s pr<strong>in</strong>cipal govern<strong>in</strong>g legislation. Their<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ued widespread use may have the result <strong>of</strong> render<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
legislation <strong>in</strong>effective or irrelevant.<br />
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Executive Summary