The new Congress and president are focused on the economy and how to pull America out of a recession now, but NFIB expects them to turn their attention to card checks soon. Thus, our cover story—“Face Off: NFIB challenges Big Labor.”
In it, we shed light on an issue that would fundamentally change the way small business owners run their businesses and interact with their employees. We also preview the fight NFIB will wage on behalf of small business once a bill is formally introduced in the 111th Congress.
While reading about Big Labor's efforts might make readers feel helpless, our second feature—“Good Deal Gone Bad: How to handle difficult clients, even in a tough economy”—will make them feel empowered. We talked to three small business owners who have mustered up the courage to walk away from business that they knew wasn’t good a fit for them, whether because clients were too demanding, never paid on time or didn’t treat their employees with respect. In today’s economy, small business owners are probably thinking they’d be crazy to turn away business, but we hope to show them that the power to choose is still theirs.
Comments (2)
Around 1950 my father was a teamster. I do not personally know a more outspoken opponent of unions.
Twenty years ago I was working for a unionized company in a right-to-work state. I hadn't decided if I was going to join the union and was verbally and physically harassed and pressured by the union steward to join.
I appreciate such prominent coverage of this issue. Thank you.
Posted by Hugh | February 4, 2009 2:12 PM
Posted on February 4, 2009 14:12
I've worked for several unionized companies, big and small. I was harrassed to join the union daily. I fought back daily... I watched the small business fail because of lower and lower production by workers protected by the union. Eventually, I was laid off, not because I wasn't producing enough but because the union guys weren't producing enough.
I've never met a group of guys that wanted a company to fail so bad even though they worked for it. As an employee, you would think that one would want the business to be as successful as possible in order to attain better compensation. Instead, employees tried to do as little as possible and complained when they got a 4% raise.
How do they expect a business to make any money? Give raises all day long and produce nothing I suppose...
See American economy for results on how that works.
Posted by Nathan | February 20, 2009 10:31 AM
Posted on February 20, 2009 10:31