Union membership is a worker’s best protection against corporate power.  For this reason many companies will use tactics that are dishonest at best, and sometimes criminal, to keep unions out. Where unions are present, many employers shamefully attempt to break the will of workers before granting even nominal concessions through collective bargaining. This page is meant to be a resource for our brothers and sisters involved in these struggles to get the message out, and for all others to become aware and involved in the fight. Please visit often to stay aware of updates on contract negotiations, strikes, organizing drives and other actions for local, national and international campaigns.

If you are currently involved in a struggle with a company, or know of a bad corporate citizen that we have missed, please submit your story to jdrinkwater@massaflcio.org:

The Boston Globe
New York Times Co., which owns the Boston Globe, is outsourcing about 50 jobs to India in an effort to cut costs. More than 120 workers have been laid off in total because of this cost cutting scheme.

Coca-Cola
The world's largest distributer of soda has piled up a long list of workers' rights violations around the world. The intimidation and murder of union supporters at Colombian Coca-Cola plants makes the low wages around the world almost pale in comparison.

Comcast
One of the most vehemently anti-union companies in the United States; only 2% of Comcast's 90,000 employees have union representation. The company is concerned only with the bottom line and profits. Perhaps they could increase their profits by reducing CEO Brian Roberts’ $27.8 million dollar salary? 

Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Enterprise workers in Boston who are seeking union representation were told that their jobs were being outsourced after they filed a petition for an NLRB election. 

FedEx
FedEx considers its Home Delivery drivers “independent contractors”, which means that the company does not have to pay benefits and taxes. The NLRB has ruled against this classification several times, recently in Massachusetts and Connecticut, but the company continues to fight it tooth and nail.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber
The Supreme Court recently ruled that despite paying Lilly Ledbetter less than her male counterparts for 19 years, Goodyear is not required to compensate her. Just after the unfair ruling, the company sent Lilly a bill for their legal expenses.

Mercedes
At the only non-union Mercedes or Chrysler plant in the world, employers put down a union organizing campaign by secretly monitoring pro-union employees and spreading lies about the IAM union which they attempted to join. 

Toyota
Workers at a Toyota plant in Kentucky want union representation because they say the company is increasingly hiring part-time workers, which drives down wages and benefits for full-time workers. 

Wal-Mart
The largest employer in the United States has over 3,900 stores and 1.4 million workers, and not one is represented by a union. Low wages, poor healthcare, and general mistreatment is what you can expect as a Wal-Mart employee.