Organization attempt often generate significant polarization

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Organization attempts often generate significant polarization among pro-union and pro-company employees. Emotions can become raw; history has demonstrated even violent.

Using the same hypothetical scenario in week one, how would you minimize and manage the friction generated by the opposing views between your employees during a union authorization card signing campaign?

Hypothetical scenario of week 1:

Assume that you are the proprietor of a well-established business that manufactures specialty castings for a variety of upstream customers. You employ a total of 250 full time employees from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. 215 of your employees are skilled blue-collar workers; and the remaining 35 employees are administrative and support. You average about 5% turnover each year and your employees are non unionized.

One morning upon arriving at your office you are approached by a trusted and loyal employee that informs you that union authorization cards are being distributed within your company by several other employees—one of which is an exempt (salaried) supervisor.

Your position is ‘pro-company’; you do not want unionized labor within your company.

Based on what you know so far (above) what do you do next? What more would you want to know? How would you handle? What is your strategy?

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