Not only are these workers underpaid, underappreciated and fed up with being marginalized, the jobs they do are jobs that can't be shipped to another state or another country, so those tired old management threats of pulling up stakes can't be used against them.
EFCA, also known as card check or majority sign-up, would allow workers to organize by signing up for a union, instead of going through a grueling National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election process, which makes workers sitting ducks for management threats and propaganda.
The past few years have seen a bit of a reversal in this area, too, but labor's share of over-all income is still well below where it was a generation ago, a fact that may be explained by aggressive management, the threat of foreign competition, and the decline of labor unions.
They also provide case management advice, threat assessments and interviewing strategies to law enforcement agencies both home and abroad.
But faced with what the orchestra's management called threats, Ms. Chang canceled.
The company's labor unions had mixed reactions last night, having heard management's threats of a bankruptcy filing in recent months.
Any disagreements with the BBC have long been resolved, and Wogan is mostly concerned for the corporation's long-term health, in the teeth of scandals, criticism of management and threats to the licence fee.
Tensions escalated last week, as P. Steven Ainsley, the paper's publisher, sent a memo to employees repeating the prospect of a 23percentt pay cut, and Daniel B. Totten, the guild president, replied by accusing the company of bad management and "threats, bullying and negotiating at gunpoint".
The availability of an alarm system was also presented as essential for the management of threats and violence.
Threat management ultimately needs to recognize which threats are material and warrant attention, and which trivial.
