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Union busting

guards escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, United States, 1884. Union busting is a range of activities undertaken to disrupt or weaken the power of trade unions or their attempts to grow their membership in a workplace. Some employers use the euphemisms union avoidance and preventative labor relations to refer to union busting. Union busting tactics can include both legal and illegal activities, and can range anywhere from subtle to violent. Labor laws differ greatly from country to country in respect to their protection of unions and their organizing activities. These laws can affect topics such as posting notices, organizing on or off employer property, solicitations, card signing, union dues, picketing, work stoppages, striking and strikebreaking, lockouts, termination of employment, permanent replacements, automatic recognition, derecognition, ballot elections, and employer-controlled trade unions. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that everyone has a right to form or join a trade union. The provision is, however, not legally binding and has, in most jurisdictions, no horizontal effect in the legal relation between employer and employees or unions. The union busting industry consists of consultancies who help employers discourage union efforts.…

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guards escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, United States, 1884. Union busting is a range of activities undertaken to disrupt or weaken the power of trade unions or their attempts to grow their membership in a workplace. Some employers use the euphemisms union avoidance and preventative labor relations to refer to union busting. Union busting tactics can include both legal and illegal activities, and can range anywhere from subtle to violent. Labor laws differ greatly from country to country in respect to their protection of unions and their organizing activities. These laws can affect topics such as posting notices, organizing on or off employer property, solicitations, card signing, union dues, picketing, work stoppages, striking and strikebreaking, lockouts, termination of employment, permanent replacements, automatic recognition, derecognition, ballot elections, and employer-controlled trade unions. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that everyone has a right to form or join a trade union. The provision is, however, not legally binding and has, in most jurisdictions, no horizontal effect in the legal relation between employer and employees or unions. The union busting industry consists of consultancies who help employers discourage union efforts.…

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1961 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1836 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1961". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1836". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378601854

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.