The U.S. labor movement has been a key partner of United Way Worldwide for decades.
Yet, when your own employees sought out union representation, you intervened and used scare tactics to prevent them from joining the union.
Good partners do not stab each other in the back.
Why is this important?
For decades, the American labor movement has worked closely with the United Way to help raise funds for those in need and help charitable efforts around the world.
Recently, staff of the United Way Worldwide sought out union representation of their own to make their workplace a better one. Instead of remaining neutral and allowing workers to chart their own course, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Joe Haggerty embarked on an anti-union campaign to scare employees away from voting in favor of union representation.
In his letter he directly said "The answer is that UWW does not believe that a Union would provide added value for the vast majority of our Associates."
"First, we do not believe that having a Union will add anything significant to your wages, benefits and working conditions and that anything achieved will be more than offset by Union dues."
We need to tell Joe Haggerty to stop disrespecting workers's unions that have helped create and sustain United Way Worldwide.
