Attorney Tom Fredericks Presents:
MAINTAIN YOUR UNION FREE ADVANTAGE
The additional cost of being a unionized employer is 30%- 40% greater than for a
non-unionized employer! Union companies have less flexibility to respond to changing
market conditions. Customers understand the threat presented by strikes and their
consequences- and will take their business to union free suppliers. Here is what every
employer must know:
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How to create your union-free action plan: and do it now! Once a Union drive
begins, you cannot make changes: avoid NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Charges.
Electronic union drive drives, social media, concerted protected activity, and
sensible computer use policies.
Why do employees vote for Unions?
Discover techniques that avoid Unions and create a positive, high production, and
profitable working environment.
Labor Law Update
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The latest union organizing tactics.
NLRB and MERC decisions, unfair labor cases, and proposed rules.
Recent organizing campaigns.
AFL-CIO and UAW organizing strategies.
Your Labor Relations IQ; questions you must answer correctly.
The Union Free Advantage- what it costs to have a Union
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How unions add to your operating and labor costs.
Union dues check-off, union recognition, and union PAC's.
Employees who won't join the union and their right to work.
Loss of customers who worry about strikes, slowdowns, and sabotage.
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The Labor Law- the NLRB can establish unions without elections
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Union campaign tactics and strategies.
The NLRB's certification election process.
What you should and should not do: management's election campaign.
Electronic mail, the internet, company computers, and trade secrets.
The AFL-CIO's "Inside Game."
Acceptable computer use policies which make sense.
Positive Employee Relations and Making Unions Unnecessary
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Establish policies to discourage unionization- become super competitive.
How to communicate your position on Unions.
Employee safety, health, and environmental programs.
Compensation and Benefits.
How right to work laws establish a contest regarding leadership. What employees
want from their jobs.
What specific employment policies compete with Union promises.
Union Free Action Plan
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Employee Handbooks. Making a union promises less attractive.
Answers to your Labor Relations IQ Quiz. Labor law violations which certify a
Union without an election and other unfair labor practices.
Supervisor training.
Internal dispute resolution, peer review, and arbitration.
Management's right to free speech.
Tom's Professional Success
Attorney with public and private sector experience in labor and employment law.
Corporate counsel and human resources manager with multi-location manufacturers and
thousands of employees. Litigated over 300 labor/employment law cases, writes employee
handbooks, and negotiates labor agreements with private and public sector unions.
Maintained the union-free advantage while defending employers in over 50 union drives.
Seminar leader for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce- since 1987. Management
training leader for the American Society of Employers and Park Avenue Presentations.
Adjunct Professor teaching Labor Law, Administrative Law, and Alternative Dispute
Resolution for CMU and Thomas Cooley Law School. Decided over 1,000 cases as an
administrative law judge with the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Represents clients in property
tax appeals. Attorney licensed by the Michigan State Bar since 1983; member number
P35301. Website: http://tomfrederickslaw.com/
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