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The Right to Have Our Say Before You Form a Union

How to Operate as an Employer of Choice for Employees, Not One of Opportunity for Unions

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No company is a perfect employer. We know that employees gripe to each other. We know that they complain about how much they make, how many hours they work, how much of a jerk that supervisor is, and how stupid the work rules are. And, from time to time, they even mention that most dreaded of five letter words—union.

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  1. Jonathan T. Hyman
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Hyman, J.T. (2012). The Right to Have Our Say Before You Form a Union. In: The Employer Bill of Rights. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4552-0_8

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