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Please answer the following questions (12 pt. Times new roman, min. 3/4 page, single spaced)

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1. Will you permit the union meeting to be held as scheduled tomorrow at lunch? Why or why not?
2. What efforts can you legally take to prevent the organizing attempt? Given the information presented in the case, how successful do you think you will be?
3. Are there any steps Hummingbird Manufacturing could have taken to keep a union representative from talking to employees in the first place? How effective would those steps have been?

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This is a case study about Hummingbird Manufacturing, and it is focused around answering the following questions:
1. Will you permit the union meeting to be held as scheduled tomorrow at lunch? Why or why not?
2. What efforts can you legally take to prevent the organizing attempt? Given the information presented in the case, how successful do you think you will be?
3. Are there any steps Hummingbird Manufacturing could have taken to keep a union representative from talking to employees in the first place? How effective would those steps have been?

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1. Will you permit the union meeting to be held as scheduled? Why or why not?
I have no choice but to permit a union meeting to be held as scheduled tomorrow at lunch. Employees have a right to be educated about their options, and management has no right to stop them from doing that, even if it means talking about union.

2. What efforts can you legally take to prevent the organizing attempt? Given the ...

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