1. A labor union is an organization of workers who work collectively to network, socialize and create fellowship.
2. Interest-based negotiations depend on each party competing to demonstrate the value of their interests.
3. Regardless of HR strategy type, all organizations are better off without a unionized workforce.
4. The gap between high- and low-performing employees is less in unionized organizations than organizations without unions.
5. Unions tend to be incompatible with organizations that combine a desire for short-term relationships with an emphasis on recognizing performance differences.
6. Organizations with unionized employees tend to invest less of their profits back into the business, because a higher percentage of the profit goes to employees in the form of higher wages.
7. Cost-focused organizations are incompatible with unions because of the lower productivity of union labor.
8. Labor unions are compatible with organizations that emphasize an external labor strategy.
9. The central purpose of the Wagner Act is to assure that employees have the right to participate in labor unions.
10. It is an unfair labor practice for management to punish employees who engage in union activities.