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- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- 17 Tactical Mismatch in Union Organizing Drives
- 18 The Power of Place
- 19 Assembly and Collective Rights
- 20 Leveraging Secondary Activity Within and Outside Legal Boundaries
- 21 Captive Audience Meetings
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
18 - The Power of Place
from Part IV - Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2019
- Advance Praise for The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Labor Law Is Out of Date
- Part III The “Fissured” Workplace
- Part IV Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship
- 17 Tactical Mismatch in Union Organizing Drives
- 18 The Power of Place
- 19 Assembly and Collective Rights
- 20 Leveraging Secondary Activity Within and Outside Legal Boundaries
- 21 Captive Audience Meetings
- Part V Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract
- Part VI Unions, Civil Society, and Culture
Summary
In 2011, workers voted 137 to 85 against union representation in the first election at a Target retailer in over two decades. Throughout the day, employees streamed into the store’s back room and dropped small paper ballots into a cardboard box. The place was familiar. Earlier in the week, supervisors had rushed workers into the room to hide them from union organizers spotted in the parking lot. It had also doubled as a theater for video propaganda and a stage for antiunion speeches. The performances were professionalized, polished, and, as a condition of employment, a “must see” in the truest sense.
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