#Union-Busting
Events indexed under #Union-Busting — 38 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-08 | EPA Terminates Union Contracts Following Appellate Stays U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · AFGE Council 238 (8,000+ EPA workers) · Justin Chen (AFGE Council 238 President) · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-01 | Amazon Refuses to Bargain with JFK8 Union, Pioneering Refuse-to-Bargain Union-Busting Tactic Amazon · Amazon Labor Union · National Labor Relations Board · Chris Smalls | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-01 | Starbucks Executes Systematic Union-Busting Campaign with Record NLRB Violations Starbucks · Howard Schultz · Starbucks Workers United · National Labor Relations Board · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-08 | Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union · Morgan Lewis | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-12 | West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model West Virginia Legislature · Earl Ray Tomblin · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook American Legislative Exchange Council · Bob Onder · Missouri GOP · corporate ALEC members | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws Governor Mary Fallin · Oklahoma Legislature · Oklahoma Education Association · American Federation of Teachers Oklahoma · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-09 | Wisconsin Becomes 25th Right-to-Work State, Completing ALEC's Union Destruction Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Robin Vos · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-11 | Michigan Passes Right-to-Work in Lame Duck Surprise Using Verbatim ALEC Language Rick Snyder · American Legislative Exchange Council · Mackinac Center · Michigan GOP · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-02-01 | Indiana Becomes 23rd Right-to-Work State Using ALEC Model Legislation Mitch Daniels · American Legislative Exchange Council · Indiana Republican Party · National Right to Work Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-11 | Wisconsin Act 10 Crushes Public Sector Unions Using ALEC Model Legislation Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Wisconsin GOP · Koch brothers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-10-08 | Bush Invokes Taft-Hartley Against Locked-Out Dockworkers, First Use Since 1971 George W. Bush · Pacific Maritime Association · International Longshore and Warehouse Union · U.S. District Court | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-01 | ALEC Adopts Paycheck Protection Act to Defund Democratic Party by Restricting Union Political Activity American Legislative Exchange Council · Corporate donors · state Republican legislators · Scott Walker | confirmed | |
| 1990-01-01 | Union Avoidance Consulting Industry Emerges as $400+ Million Annual Business Union avoidance consultants · Corporate employers · Labor Management Institute · National Labor Relations Board | confirmed | |
| 1988-06-29 | Beck Decision Enables Workers to Withhold Union Dues for Political Activity, Weakening Labor Resources U.S. Supreme Court · Communications Workers of America · Harry Beck · National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | confirmed | |
| 1985-08-17 | Hormel Strike Broken Through Permanent Replacement, Ending Pattern Bargaining in Meatpacking Hormel · United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 · Austin Minnesota workers · National Guard | confirmed | |
| 1983-11-02 | Greyhound Strike Ends in Permanent Replacement Victory, PATCO Pattern Spreads to Private Sector Greyhound Lines · Amalgamated Transit Union · Fred Currey | confirmed | |
| 1983-06-30 | Phelps Dodge Breaks Copper Strike Using Permanent Replacement Workers, Destroying Union Phelps Dodge Corporation · United Steelworkers · Arizona miners · National Labor Relations Board | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | NLRB Systemic Underfunding and Weak Enforcement Enables Corporate Union-Busting National Labor Relations Board · U.S. Congress · Corporate lobbying groups · Reagan administration | confirmed | |
| 1977-08-31 | J.P. Stevens Found Guilty of Massive NLRB Violations, Creates Corporate Union-Busting Playbook J.P. Stevens & Company · Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union · National Labor Relations Board · Corporate Campaign Inc. | confirmed | |
| 1957-03-01 | Indiana Passes Right-to-Work Law, So Unpopular It's Repealed Within Eight Years Indiana General Assembly · Republican Party · Democratic Party · Indiana labor unions · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1954-09-01 | Communist Control Act Bans Party Members from Union Leadership, Weaponizing Anti-Communism Against Labor U.S. Congress · Dwight D. Eisenhower · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Federation of Labor · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-01-01 | Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion · J.B. Matthews · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1949-11-15 | CIO Expels United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, Beginning Purge of Communist-Led Unions Congress of Industrial Organizations · Philip Murray · Walter Reuther · United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1947-06-23 | Anti-Communist Loyalty Oaths and Taft-Hartley Act Weaponized to Crush Labor Movement Robert A. Taft · Fred A. Hartley · CIO · AFL · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1947-06-23 | Taft-Hartley Act Severely Restricts Union Power, Enables State Right-to-Work Laws Robert Taft · Fred Hartley · Republican Party · Harry Truman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1946-05-01 | Operation Dixie Launched to Unionize the South, Met with Violent Corporate Resistance Congress of Industrial Organizations · Van Bittner · George Baldanzi · United Auto Workers · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1946-01-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Launches Massive Anti-Union Propaganda Campaign After Strike Wave National Association of Manufacturers · National Industrial Information Council · General Motors · U.S. Steel · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1943-06-25 | Smith-Connally Act Criminalizes Union Political Contributions, Spawns First PACs Howard W. Smith · Tom Connally · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Congress of Industrial Organizations · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1937-05-26 | Battle of the Overpass - Ford Motor Company Thugs Brutally Attack UAW Organizers in Planned Assault at River Rouge Ford Motor Company · Harry Bennett · Ford Service Department · United Auto Workers · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1936-09-01 | Mohawk Valley Formula Exposed as Corporate Blueprint for Breaking Unions and Evading Wagner Act Remington Rand · James Rand Jr. · National Association of Manufacturers · La Follette Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1936-06-06 | La Follette Civil Liberties Committee Begins Investigation Exposing Corporate Union-Busting and Industrial Espionage Robert La Follette Jr. · U.S. Senate · Pinkerton Detective Agency · Burns Detective Agency · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1908-02-03 | Supreme Court Loewe v. Lawlor Decision Holds Union Members Personally Liable for Damages U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller · United Hatters of North America · D.E. Loewe & Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1892-07-06 | Homestead Strike Battle Between Workers and Pinkerton Agents Leaves 10 Dead Andrew Carnegie · Henry Clay Frick · Pinkerton Detective Agency · Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1892-01-01 | Pinkerton Detective Agency Operates as Private Corporate Army Against Unions Pinkerton National Detective Agency · Allan Pinkerton · Corporate employers · State Governments · +1 | confirmed |