Joe is the owner of a manufacturing company called ProfitMax. Joe finds out that a union is attempting to organize the employees at ProfitMax. Joe tells you that he will never deal with a union and that he has no plans to pay a higher wage if the union
is elected. Joe has plans to tell his supervisors that they may not encourage union activity. Joe has plans to do surveillance regarding which employees attend union meetings so that he can fire them. He is also going to announce to all employees that they will get a raise if they vote against the union. He asks you what his obligations are if the union gets elected and if his other plans are legal. He also wants to know what he can expect from his supervisors, some of whom he is suspicious of supporting the union. What would you tell him?
Joe has a duty to bargain in good faith with the union if it is elected. Nothing requires him to make concessions to the union in the form of higher wages. He is prohibited from engaging in surveillance of employees' union activities and from promising employees benefits if they abandon support for a union. The National Labor Relations Act does not grant rights to supervisors. Therefore, he may expect loyalty from them and prohibit union activity on their part.
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