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How to Work with Lawyers in a Contract Campaign

Many kinds of pressure tactics should be discussed with legal counsel during the planning stages. Employers may claim that union members are violating laws on secondary boycott, libel, slander, or extortion.

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Contract Campaign Research:

What Problems Have Members Had on the Job?

Preparation for a contract campaign should include a systematic review of past grievances and workers’ problems on the job.  Through this investigation you may discover major problems that you didn’t know about at all or didn’t realize were so widespread or of such deep concern.

As time approaches to establish bargaining goals you should...

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Union Bargaining Techniques and Mechanics

The following pages are adapted from the SEIU Contract Campaign Manual originally produced by the American Labor Education Center.  Descriptions of legal issues and rights are for background only and are no substitute for legal advice from an attorney. These pages cover…

Bargaining

The Negotiating Team

Joint Bargaining with Other Unions

Legal Requirements for Bargaining

Training Members on Unfair labor Practices

Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges

Making a Campaign Issue of ULPs

Drafting Contract Language

Bargaining to Organize

Costing Proposals

Establishing the Bargaining Relationship

Preparing and Presenting an Opening Package

The Psychology of Negotiating

The Role of the Caucus

Taking Notes During Bargaining

Off-the-Record Talks

Avoiding Impasse

Breaking a Deadlock at the Table

Factfinding, Mediation, and Arbitration

The Last Days of Bargaining

Contract Ratification

Campaign Wrap-Up

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Strike Mechanics

Successful strikes depend primarily on having a strategy to put pressure on the real decision makers both at the worksite and beyond it and to build public support based on linking your goals to the public interest.  This tip sheet deals not with those big strategic questions but with the mechanics of running a strike.