Why do employers fight the legal right of employees to organize? Without a Union, employees are employed at will
. What this means is legally, employees have no rights other than those expressed in state and federal laws. Laws are only as good as their enforcement. If an employer violates the rights of employees, employees
are usually unwilling to expend the expense and time to fight the charge and clear their good name. Employers have a whole cadre of attorneys and consultants to protect the company. The duty of these attorneys and consultants is to
represent the interests of management. With a union, employees gain additional rights, enforceable in a court of law. The IBEW has its own cadre of attorneys and representatives whose sole purpose is to represent the rights
of employees. Employees gain further legal rights just with their union representation. The law gives rights to employees organized collectively that individual employees do not enjoy.
Employers utilize well established tactics to defeat workplace democracy by its employees. In most cases, the Employer hires a anti-Union
Consultant, known as a "Union Buster" to wage his campaign. For more information on the tactics used, the following topics are presented:
What The Union Busters Will Tell the Boss to Say
Countering the Union Buster - - Or, How to Win the Intimidation Game
Test Your Employer!
Will your employer oppose your right to organize? --or-- Will the Employer agree to a
free and fair representation election? The IBEW has prepared a set of basic rules to allow employees the opportunity to choose or not to choose workplace democracy in a free and fair manner. The The purpose of the
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IBEW Organizing Committee Training