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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Unions on the Farm???

It's inevitable... farms will be unionized sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, it's not despite the best efforts of those who have the most to lose.

The London Free Press ran an article discussing the possibility of unionized farms. In an environment where terms like "Factory farms" are bantied about, it only makes sense that one of the attachments of factories - unions - would come along with it.

Do yourself a favour... if your facility is 'under threat' of unionization, think about it now, rather than later. After all, building trust and credibility with your employees is much simpler when you don't HAVE to do it.

And come up with a better message than: "That is pure, unadulterated bullshit," (said) Hank Vander Pol, president and CEO of Rol-Land Farms, over accusations workers have lost and continue to lose jobs for union activity.

This is not a key message worth recommending, at the very least.