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Prominent Labor Relations Expert to Offer Local Businessess an Important Labor Relations Survival Seminar

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Written by Stephen Cabot

Pittsburgh, PA --- On June 23 and 24 in Pittsburgh, nationally acclaimed labor relations expert and strategist, Steve Cabot, Chairman of the Cabot Institute for Labor Relations, will be providing a two-day seminar for business owners and managers. The seminar’s first day will be devoted to helping companies remain union free; the seminar’s second day will be devoted to containing or removing a union. The overall seminar is entitled Steve Cabot’s 27th Semi-Annual Labor Strategy Seminar

Mr. Cabot enumerated the following reasons why business owners, managers, and HR executives should attend the Labor Strategy Seminar:

Mr. Cabot is highly regarded for his skills and experience in helping Corporate America deal with labor relations issues. The Wall Street Journal headlined an article about Mr. Cabot as follows: “Labor Nemesis: When the boss calls Cabot, the union has its problems.” And the Toronto Star wrote that “Cabot is the best in the world.”

He has been one of North America's foremost labor-management relations experts and strategists for forty years. He transitioned from the practice of law to full-time consulting, offering guidance on all facets of labor-management issues to companies ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small entrepreneurial enterprises.

For further information, click here or phone 1-800-655-2042.

Meet Craig Becker

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Written by Stephen Cabot

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Meet Craig Becker

President Obama's recess appointee to the National Labor Relations Board

If you're an employer, he just became your worst nightmare.

To my clients and friends,

Do you recognize the man pictured above? If not, you're not alone. The Obama-compliant media have been very effective in keeping Mr. Becker -- and his radical pro-union views -- suppressed, at least until the President decided to defy the Senatorial majority against his nomination to the NLRB and appoint him during the Congressional recess.

Why is this important information for you to know? It's pretty basic.

Like so many of President Obama's advisors, confidantes, and appointees, Craig Becker is a self-described Progressive, laser-focused on "transforming" America. He is an unashamed radical who, in the name of worker "fairness," wants to rob those same workers of their right to a secret ballot in union recognition elections. And because Congress has so far been reluctant to pass this "card check" provision, he has announced his intention to bypass the legislature entirely and achieve his goal through an internal regulatory process. So much for the will of the people.

But EFCA and "card check" are just the tip of the iceberg: ALL EMPLOYERS, whether union or nonunion, need to PREPARE IMMEDIATELY for the "changes" long sought by the Left and Mr. Becker's former associates at SEIU and the AFL-CIO.

To our Clients & Friends

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Written by Stephen Cabot

With 2010 now well under way (and the Institute proudly marking its fifth anniversary), this seems an appropriate moment to offer a snapshot of the labor-employment landscape, as well as our plans to provide ongoing support for employers focused on flourishing in what has turned out to be one of the most challenging economic periods in my lifetime.

Unions Benefit from Obama decisions

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This recent article from the Washington Times offers a detailed chronology of the Obama administration’s appreciative response to Organized Labor’s support in the last election. Read this riveting but dispiriting account of the slew of pro-union appointments, policies, and legislation coming out of the White House and Democrat-controlled Congress that has begun to reshape the economic landscape.

Beware of Mandatory Arbitration in card check

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Michael Barone, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics, details the chilling scenario that could follow the enactment of the mandatory arbitration portion of the so-called Employment Free Choice Act. The economic implications are massive and global, and Barone urges Americans to resist this legislative gift to Organized Labor.

Big Labor investment in Obama pays off

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Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin documents the brazen political payoffs to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for its $60.7 million efforts to get Barack Obama elected President, including two union-friendly cabinet appointments, a raft of pro-labor executive orders, and the defunding of the Labor Department’s enforcement arm.

How Corporate America can deal with EFCA

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Written by Stephen J. Cabot

With Congress and the President committed to the urgent enactment of EFCA, employers must act NOW to preempt, defeat, or deflect Big Labor’s impending organizing onslaught. In this must-read IndustryWeek article, Steve Cabot offers a blueprint for implementing an integrated union-free strategy based on cooperation and mutual respect in the workplace.

It's Your Call: Labor Days

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Written by Stephen J. Cabot

Manufacturers and their workers throughout the country must develop a new détente which will obviate their historical adversarial relationship. If such a détente does not come into being, then the United States will fall behind not just the rapidly developing economies in China and India, but also the more mature economies in Japan, Germany, and France. In order to succeed, management and labor must agree to implement the following eight points:

Changing Corporate Culture, Increasing Productivity

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Written by Stephen J. Cabot

Increasing employee morale and producing entails making drastic changes

Making a Great Place to Work

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Written by Stephen J. Cabot

Using a cohesive labor relations plan reduces employee-related problems and increases a casino’s productivity and profitability