Description
Book Synopsis In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company.
The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The union''s only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for political bias to surmount.
This memoir, infused with dry wit and insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation''s union
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Prologue
Part One. The Campaign
1. The Committee
2. Meeting with Witnesses
3. Plant Tour
4. Labor Board Investigation
5. The Three Girls
6. The Union Busting Lawyer
7. Federal Agent's Grim Forecast
Part Two. The Case Unfolds
8. National Right to Work Attorneys
9. Illegal Discharge
10. Cartoons
11. Labor Board Decision
12. Becoming a Test Case
13. Union Lawyers
14. Preparing for Trial
15. Injured Workers
Part Three. Aftermath
16. Compliance Period
17. The Tornado
18. House Calls
19. Shop Floor Confrontation
20. A Barrage of New Issues
Index
