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 McKnight’s Long Term Care News & Assisted Living contacted LRI president Phil Wilson to get his perspective on the challenges facing the industry. An August webinar led by Wilson, Rising Storm in LTC, highlighted dozens of issues converging in the LTC arena, making it a highly-charged environment susceptible to continued union organizing pressure.
“If you look at next year,” Wilson says, “you’re going to see brutal political campaigns, possibly a second recession but certainly not any dramatic [economic] growth, long-term care will stay under the same pressures it’s been under, and more and more people are going to be in nursing homes.”
  
Poster-Proof Your Company!
 As you probably know by now, Aug 25th the NLRB released their final rule regarding the placement of a new required poster which provides a “roadmap” for your employees to organize a union. Just today we provided a webinar explaining the final rule, but more importantly outlining a strategy to Poster Proof your company against the repercussions of this posting.
We are providing a FREE counter-posting designed to put up next to the NLRB-required poster, and have put together some hugely discounted packages on the few key tools required to inoculate your employees against union encroachment.
Get your FREE poster, and check out these specials now at:
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PS. If you missed the webinar, go to the page below to register and we’ll notify you when
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 The May 21, 2010 issue of The Journal Record (Oklahoma business journal) featured an interview with Phil Wilson, President of LRI, about the vulnerability of QSR businesses (quick service, or “fast food,” restaurants) to union organizing drives. Wilson believes these businesses could be a looming target for unions, especially the member-bleeding SEIU. “QSR companies are sitting ducks, and they better prepare immediately for a rapidly changing labor environment,” Phil stated. Phil referenced a leaked December 2009 document suggesting the SEIU planned to penetrate the fast-food sector, generally the arena of the United Food & Commercial Workers. The motivation arises from the fact that QSR businesses cannot move their jobs overseas to evade union encroachment.
Wilson warned that large, well-known chains provide highly visible targets for aggressive national public-relations assaults, known
Continue reading “QSR Companies Are Sitting Ducks”
 Labor Relations INK
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In This Issue:
• Labor Relations Insight • EFCA Update • NLRB Playing Games • PLUS January Scoreboard, Employee Relations Tip-Of-The-Month, and more…
Labor Relations Insight from Phil Wilson
Special Book Review: The Devil At My Doorstep
 “The Devil At My Doorstep” has a fascinating subtitle: “Protecting Employee Rights.”
That subtitle explains a lot about the book’s author, David Bego. More important, it explains a lot about why David Bego pulled off something that doesn’t happen as often as it should. He kicked the SEIU’s butt in an anti-corporate campaign. His book
Continue reading INK: January 28, 2010
Fresh from today’s posting at The Nation:
Most legal scholars and labor experts believe that the NLRB has the authority to enact procedural changes that could, among other things:
• drastically shorten the time frame for holding union elections;
• eliminate cumbersome pre-election procedures that allow employers to dispute who is eligible to vote in such elections;
• require the employer to turn over employee names, addresses and phone numbers early in any union organizing drive;
• require equal access to both workers and the workplace for unions during campaigns; and
• increase the penalties on companies that violate their workers’ legal rights.
The NLRB even could make it easier for workers to unionize based on a card check showing of majority support–just as the EFCA would. It could force employers to recognize a union as the representative of its employees so long as a neutral third party verified that more than 50
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Labor Relations INK
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In This Issue:
• EFCA Update • UFCW A Jobs Killer • SEIU Watch • Only In A Union • and more…
EFCA Update
Although the Senate appears to have been happy to focus on health care “reform” and thus avoid the discussion of the Employee Free Choice Act, it seems the Senate has painted themselves into a corner by pushing a version of the health care bill that includes a tax on “Cadillac” health plans, while excluding a full public option. Both the House and Big Labor are opposed to the “Cadillac tax,” and the unions were hoping for a full-monty public option.
![]() Continue reading INK: January 14, 2010
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In This Issue:
• EFCA Update • British Airways’ Christmas Gift • Aggressive New Labor Giant Takes First Steps • PLUS December Scoreboard, Employee Relations Tip-Of-The-Month, and more…
EFCA Update
As the year comes to an end, the Employee Free Choice Act sits simmering on a back-burner, awaiting a Congress that is intent on passing some type of healthcare reform before Christmas. Our sources in Washington are saying that as January rolls around, so will the EFCA.
There is still no firm idea as to what type of compromise may actually be proposed. Apparently, all of the trial
Continue reading INK: December 22, 2009
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In This Issue:
• Insight from Phil Wilson • EFCA Update • (Un)Intended Consequences • UAW= Poor Quality • and more…
Labor Relations Insight from Phil Wilson
Top Ten Books For Remaining Union-Free
Recently a student interested in becoming a consultant asked me for a list of books I thought they should read to prepare. It reminded me of a post I’ve wanted to do for a long time. So here is my recommended reading list for someone interested in becoming an employee relations consultant, or anyone interested in creating a positive workplace.
What are your favorite books for creating a positive workplace? I’d like readers to suggest their
Continue reading INK: December 15, 2009
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In This Issue:
• EFCA Update • Embattled Teamsters • Healthcare Bill a Windfall for Big Labor • PLUS November Scoreboard, Employee Relations Tip-Of-The-Month, and more…
EFCA Update
The most significant news about the Employee Free Choice Act actually came from the Healthcare bill vote this weekend. Three of the key Senators that EFCA opponents are (were) counting on to prevent a cloture vote refused to allow a Republican filibuster of the Healthcare bill, saying that even though they do not like the bill in its current form, they felt it best to allow the bill to move forward to full debate. We can probably expect a similar move
Continue reading INK: November 24, 2009
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In This Issue:
• Insight from Phil Wilson • EFCA Update • Boeing Moves To Escape Unions • UAW Leadership Runs Aground At Ford • and more…
Labor Relations Insight from Phil Wilson
Guest Commentary by Don Wilson
November 2, 2010, a day that could live in infamy. That is the date of the next election to determine the composition of the 112th Congress. This is the Congress that will almost certainly determine the future of labor management relations for years to come. By the time this Congress takes office the future of health care will probably be resolved one way or the other. The recovery will be
Continue reading INK: November 12, 2009
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