Thursday, May 07, 2020
Professor John Logan discussed worker protests and anti-union efforts by employers in response to working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As workers at Amazon, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and other essential companies organize to demand better protection in the workplace, employers are hiring anti-union firms to stop unionization attempts. "One leading union avoidance law firm likened unions to a “virus” and recommended anti-union actions to “inoculate” new employees against the threat of unionization," Logan said. Grocery stores are not the only workplaces affected, however - Logan noted that "Even at hospitals preparing for the pandemic, anti-union consultants have forced nurses to attend captive audience meetings."