Unit 5.10 - Maintaining Non-union Status

Question 1

Why do people join unions?

Answer 1

• Economic advantages
• The elimination of unfair conditions

Question 2

What is salting?

Answer 2

When unions try to get union members hired so they can organize the employees from within; union member plants are called “salts”

Question 3

Why do people not join unions?

Answer 3

• Professionals join a professional association rather than a trade union
• Disagree with goals and activities of unions
• Some identify with management

Question 4

How does a company maintain non-union status?

Answer 4

• Improve workers’ attitudes toward employer
• Decrease interest in the union (ex. employers discussing how union dues will take money out of paychecks)