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What are the various methods utilized by staff representatives to woo the employees of non-union organizations to unionize? What are examples of employer obstacles they have faced, citing court cases? 200 words

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This is about forming unions in the workplace and challenges faced by union members in recruiting new members.

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Non-union organizations can be encouraged to unionize by informing employees that management usually respects the tenure of Union members.

Union organizations by disseminating that unionized workers receive salaries higher than non-union members.

According to Mishel and Walters (2003), unions raise wages of unionized workers by roughly 20% and raise compensation, including both wages and benefits, by about 28%.

Strong unions set a pay standard that nonunion employers follow. For example, a high school graduate whose workplace is not unionized but whose industry is 25% unionized is ...

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