For many years, it has been apparent to me and other pro-management attorneys that unions often exaggerate or hype their claims about management misdeeds. Now the Center for Union Facts has performed an analysis that confirms what I and others have long known.
For example, unions had claimed that 23 percent of union organizing efforts have resulted in employees being fired. It turns out that the figure is a mere 2 percent, and some of those employees may have been fired for entirely justified reasons.
Unions and their allies in the Congress have used the erroneous figure to justify voting in support of the mis-named Employee Free Choice Act, which obviates the democratic principle of secret ballot elections. Incidentally, it is ironic that the Congress would vote to abolish union voting.
Once again, unions are resorting to hype and exaggeration to make a point that is entirely fallacious.
Here from the Center of Union Facts are the unvarnished facts:
Percent of Unionization Campaigns where an Employee was Illegally Fired:
Year Percentage
2003 2.1
2004 2.3
2005 1.5
3-year Average 2.0
