Project:   Organizing
Your Mission, should you decide to accept it:
Answer the questions found below as a group
Hand in one answer with everyone's name
 - First & last, in alphabetical order by last name
 - Include only members who are present
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Indicate the name of the class:     ____________
Indicate the name of the Project:  ____________________
Be finished by the end of the allotted time
Be thorough; write good answers      Use your time wisely. 
Project:   Organizing

1.  To what extent should the NLRB get involved in determining bargaining units?  Explain.
     Shouldn't the vote be in the unit preferred by the employees?
     Why or why not?
 
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2.  Should union organizers have greater or less access to employees in organizing campaigns than they have now? 
     Explain, and justify your answer.

3.  What do you think explains the relatively poor recent record for unions attempting to organize large bargaining units?

4.  Do employers have an unfair tactical advantage in union- organizing situations?  Explain.

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Answer to Number One: 

1.  The Wagner Act established the NLRB
It's declared policy was to promote collective bargaining as a means to maintain
     the free flow of commerce
The purpose was not to establish Labor as an end in itself
Thus, employee sentiment about configuration of the bargaining unit is not
     the primary concern; stable commerce is.
The NLRB must balance the needs of:
  - firm
  - workers
  - Labor
  - public interest
The Union most likely opts for units that are powerful/winnable
But NLRB does closely watch the desires of the workers & Labor and often follows their advice.
 
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