{"title":"Video Gaming Industry: Is It Game Over for Union-Free Employers?","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31249","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When evaluating issues of union organizing risk, it is frequently useful to take a look at the industry in which one operates. The risk of union organizing for a trucking company, for example, will be higher than that for a bookkeeping firm. Industry penetration can be an indicator of the risk of organizing, but it's certainly not the only one.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to Respond to Union Demands for Recognition","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31250","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many employers are familiar with the election petition process. First, the union files a petition with the NLRB. Second, legal details are settled about the terms of an election. Third, a secret ballot election is held. While many questions concerning representation are resolved in this matter, it is by no means the only avenue for a union to secure the status of bargaining representative.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government Update: Is Congress Preparing to Make Organizing Easier?","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31244","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For more than a decade, Congress has made several attempts to introduce legislation to ease the ability of unions to successfully unionize. These efforts have largely been driven by Democratic legislators and primarily defeated by their political opponents. In recent times, however, an unexpected political development has arisen: Some Republicans are becoming more open to the interests of organized labor. Teamsters President Sean O'Brien was invited to speak at the last Republican National Convention. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) recently introduced the Fast Labor Contracts Act.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can a Pro-Union Employee Be Fired?","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remind Employees About the Realities of Collective Bargaining","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31258","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In many union election campaigns, voters frequently hear a common theme from organizers: “Vote yes and we will get you a contract that does wonderful things for you!” The actual words will vary, but the message remains the same: Vote for union representation and a union contract will give you what you want.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"12-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Starbucks Threads the Needle in Election Conduct","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31257","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When it comes to Starbucks against the NLRB, the coffee house frequently ends up holding an empty cup. However, in a recent decision from an NLRB Administrative Law Judge in <i>Starbucks Corporation</i>, Case Nos. 15-CA-304674, et seq., JD-92-25 (December 10, 2025), Starbucks scored a complete win against multiple allegations brought by the NLRB's General Counsel. The decision is of particular interest for those responsible for implementing union prevention strategies as it touches upon the boundaries of permissible action in two different areas—surveillance and policy enforcement.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"11-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Union Takes Its Organizing Fight to Board of Directors","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31247","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Union organizers have increasingly developed different tools to generate leverage for their efforts. One such tack has been, and continues to be, appeals that go over the head of top management. By attacking from above, unions can put pressure on the decision-makers who determine whether and how to oppose unionization efforts. Boards of Directors can, and have, put pressure on executives and management to limit the responses a company may take toward union organizing. It can be a particularly vulnerable issue for a company seeking to maintain union-free status.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Don't Underestimate Union Organizers","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31246","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Whether your image of a stereotypical union organizer is a bearded man in a flannel shirt, jeans, and work boots, or a woman wearing a union jacket, each depiction can be accurate and speak to a larger reality. Union organizers are usually “regular” everyday people. They are easy to speak to and seem to have much in common with workers. However, do not mistake their everyday appeal with a lack of aptitude. The physical image is one thing. The knowledge of organizing they can bring to bear on your company is quite another.</p>","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Union Inquiry May Be the First Sign of Organizing Activity","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Happens When Workers No Longer Want to Be Unionized?","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mare.31254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mare.31254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100883,"journal":{"name":"Management Report for Nonunion Organizations","volume":"49 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149177442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}