Quantum Consulting        Specialist in Labor Relations

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NLRB Campaign Management


A union organizing campaign can be an intimidating and emotionally charged time for both employers and employees.  It is common for Management to feel an array of emotions ranging from shock and surprise to denial and defeat and everything in between.  It is the ultimate roller coaster experience of emotional distress. Unfortunately, even the most well intended organizations are not immune to these union attacks. 

Quantum Consulting Associates have the experience to educate both Management and the employees.

 

Quantum Consulting Associates provide indispensable management training in NLRB campaigns, equipping both managers and front-line supervisors with the information they need during this critical time.  Quantum Consulting provides training in:

 

·        The Early Warning Signs of Unionization.

 

·        How to legally respond to both the union and to your employees during a Union Organizing Campaign, and still get your points across.

 

Quantum Consulting Associates will speak directly to your employees.  By speaking directly with the employees that will actually be voting in the NLRB election, our associates are able to provide employees with the information they need in order to be informed voters. This communication process results in employees voting NO on Election Day.

It is this direct interaction with employees that sets us apart from other firms.  Most firms simply manage campaigns from behind the scenes, but our highly trained professionals meet face-to-face with the employees that will actually be voting on Election Day.  This face-to-face interaction makes all the difference between winning and losing.  Due to the unique backgrounds our Associates have as former union officials they have the credibility to defuse the union organizers message, which is the employees will be better off with a union, than without one.

Ultimately, Management credibility is the key to success in NLRB campaigns and we work diligently not only to re-build this sense of credibility with employees, but to open the lines of communication that have been severed between Management and the majority of its employees. 

 

During any union campaign there is a perception among the majority of employees that they are not being treated fairly by the Company.  During the NLRB Campaign it is imperative that the negative perception that exists in the majority of employees is dispelled. 


The reality is, unions do not benefit the employees or the employer. Unions only benefit themselves.

NLRB Campaign Closing Presentations

 

Because Quantum Consulting Senior Associates are so effective at face-to-face communications with employees, many times we are called on during the last few days of a NLRB Union Campaign to directly address the employees and tell them why they will not benefit by joining the union.  A Quantum Consulting Associate will reinforce the information the employees have been receiving from the Company during the Campaign to ensure VICTORY on Election Day.

 

In the closing presentation meeting employees will hear directly from a “former union insider” who will tell them how a union will not be able to help your employees:

 

  • A Power Point Presentation on the truth about Collective Bargaining - Unlike the Campaign, a level playing field where Employees can lose;

  • How votes for Collective Bargaining Agreements are fixed by the union so that the wishes of the union leadership for an Agreement, or for a strike, are carried out;

  • To dispel any belief your employees might have that, “. . . we, the employees are the Union!” Your employees will hear the truth about who and what the union really is, and who is in total control of the Union.  As you know, contrary to what they have been told by a union organizer, your employees are not “the union;”

  • How negotiations take place, out of sight and hearing of the union members on the negotiation committee, where the interests of the union takes precedence over the interests of the membership;

  • Negotiation Impasse.  The dirty little secret that no union official will ever discuss.  How a Collective Bargaining Agreement can be put into effect without the majority consent of the membership or agreement by the union;

  • How and when strike votes are taken;

  • How the promises made by a union organizer during an organizing campaign are always broken by the union after the election;

  • How union organizers have no clue as to whether or not they can even get a contract with the employer; and.......

  • How supporters of the union during the organizing campaign, who criticize the union when the promises made by the union organizer are broken, are placed on the union’s “hit list” and can be terminated.

In addition, the Quantum Consulting speaker will be able to show negotiated contracts that will make even your company’s most ardent union supporters question their loyalty to the union, and absolutely swing the undecided votes in your favor.

 

In conclusion, the Quantum Consulting speaker will be able to show your employees that they will be much better off by working with Management to have their issues addressed, rather than confronting Management in an adversarial relationship at the Bargaining Table.

 

Negotiations Strategies & Communication


Contract negotiations are one of the most important events to occur within an organization.  They set the tone for the relationship with the unionized workforce and strongly influence the relationship with the non-represented or “union free” workforce.


Quantum Consulting can either assist your Company in its union negotiations or head the negotiations at the Bargaining Table.  Because Quantum Consulting Associates have over 25 years of labor experience as former union officials they have negotiated hundreds of labor agreements.  Who better to have at your side at the Bargaining Table than someone who used to sit on the other side of the Table?


Strike Plans

While no one wants a strike, a critical part of any negotiations is for Management to be confident that if a work stoppage occurs, they are prepared.  A thorough and well thought out strike plan results in:

  • Unions knowing the Company is serious about their proposals;
  • Employees recognizing the seriousness of their actions;
  • The Company having confidence in their overall strategy and their position at the Bargaining Table;

 

Union-Proofing

 

Quantum Consulting provides Union-Proofing Services to ensure that after the union is defeated, no other union attempts will be successful in the future.