b'LEGALLY SPEAKING CSIA 21A Worker unavailability is causing employersemployees supporting their efforts to organizeto pay more in compensation and benefits and tosomething no President has done in recent times. expect less from employees than in decades past.He also urged his appointed pro-labor NLRB to There are two to three openings for every twobecome more aggressive in carrying forward his unemployed workers. Approximately four millionagenda. The head NLRB attorney has pledged to workers have been leaving their jobs monthly.revisit approximately 40 Trump Era pro-employer Workforce turnover is at an all-time high giving riserulings with an eye to overturning them. A related to the term The Great Resignation. Almost one-halfPPP Program even contained a provision requiring of the current workforce wants to make a careerlarger employers obtaining loans to stand neutral change this year.Employers must evaluate howin the event of a union organizing attemptnot they are treating their employees and devisebeing able to speak of any advantages to union-free strategies for retention now. management.Recent Union organizing activities dictate that employers desiring to remain union Exacerbating the problem, Washington hasfree must develop an effective avoidance program. empowered organized labor through its pro-union/pro-employee agenda which has been widely toutedState and local governments are also by President Biden. In late 2021, there have been farenacting pro-employee legislation such as San more strikes, higher union demands, and increasedFranciscos portable paid leave benefits for domestic workforce frictionapproximately 250 strikes inworkers. New York City is requiring employers 2021. The recent Kellogg cereal strike of 11 weeksposting job openings to declare the salary ranges in December, 2021, culminated in very favorablefor the job so that everyone knows what to demand terms for its workers including a cost of living wagein wages. Other states are forbidding employers escalator, decreased work schedules, eliminationfrom inquiring about an applicants prior criminal of a two-tiered wage system and a no plant closingrecord making the selection of a suitable applicant pledge.John Deere faced a bitter five-week strikeeven more challenging.Just knowing employment by its 10,000 UAW employees culminating in thelaw developments at the federal level no longer is union extracting a whopping 20% wage increase overan option.You need to stay abreast of local and six years (10% in Yr. 1), plus a handsome signingregional regulations controlling your operations. bonus of $8,500 per employee. The new contract maintained premium free health care and COLA.Job content is changing as well thanks to These are highly publicized settlements which yourCOVID. Employees are opting to work from home employees see and things they come to expect. Inwhenever possible and are re-skilling to secure 2021, negotiated wage increases were averagingdifferent jobs being created. It is estimated that 19% 3.8 to 4.8% while non-union employees receivedof the workforce will not return to their workplace 3.9% wage increasesthe biggest increases inmoving forward and 28% will change occupations 20 years.Anticipate higher negotiated settlementsby 203017 million workers. Employee demands and conflicts to secure those settlements.In thefor additional paid time off and schedule flexibility non-union sector anticipate 2022 wage increaseshave been fueled by the Pandemic.So, reinventing to be noless than 4% driven by 7+% inflation your workplace is no longer just an option. the highest in four decades. Tofurtherempoweremployees,the In addition, union organizing has seen aAdministration has asked the Department of Justice to resurgence with prominent employers such asconsider whether employment agreements containing Google, Amazon and even Starbucks facing demandscertain covenants not to compete and agreements by their employees to recognize and negotiateamong employers not to poach employees should with various labor organizations. President Bidenbe struck down through the use of current anti-trust even produced a video message to the Amazonlaws. Civil and criminal liability for the companies(continued on pg 22)csiaonline.org'