Research Guides: Labor Union Research for the Labor Relations Community: Anti-union Campaigns

Anti-Union Information Online

"Union avoidance," "union-busting," and "anti-union" are terms used to refer to activities that inhibit, prevent, or discredit labor union organizing drives, sometimes extending beyond to first-contract or collective bargaining negotiations. The web sites below will give the union activitist insight into how union avoidance works.

The Center for Union Facts.
"The Center for Union Facts has gathered a wealth of information about the size, scope, political activities, and criminal activity of the labor movement in the United States of America."
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
"The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, established in 1968, is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by abuses of compulsory unionism."
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
"The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is the preeminent US manufacturers association as well as the nation’s largest industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states."
US Chamber of Commerce