No, not Springsteen–the other Boss…employers. We’ve all been prattling and pontificating about the meaning of the disaffiliations and the future of the AFL-CIO. But, what do employers think? Well, here’s a little inside look via a memo sent by Morgan Lewis, one of the premier management law firms, to its clients.

Of particular interest was this excerpt: “Organizing will not take its traditional forms. Most of the Coalition’s member unions have expressed
disdain for the National Labor Relations Board’s processes for determining majority representation.
What this means is continued pressure to execute neutrality and card check agreements. Under Andy
Stern’s direction, the SEIU has become one of the most creative unions in its organizing methods,
having garnered 900,000 new members in nine years. In addition, SEIU-represented employees and
their counterparts in the Teamsters have long been adept at utilizing various forms of secondary pressure
to secure additional members. Those unions’ willingness to test the boundaries of the nation’s
restrictions on secondary activity is likely to increase.”

One can only hope they are correct.