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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Firms unionized overseas resist U.S. organizing

Firms unionized overseas resist U.S. organizing
Source: WSJ Summary only. Full article available for WSJ subscribers only

Several large U.S. unions are increasingly targeting subsidiaries of foreign-based companies that have high unionization rates overseas, but they are finding stiff resistance instead of the more-receptive attitude they were hoping for.

The targeted multinationals say they support unions in general, but in some cases say they have problems with tactics employed by some U.S. unions. Many multinational companies also have economic incentives to resist U.S. unions. While health-care benefits are typically subsidized by governments elsewhere, such benefits in the U.S. are partly employer-paid, and unions generally push for even more.

 



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