William Schurgin Quoted in Daily Labor Report
“Management Attorneys Say Unions Increasingly Using Corporate Campaigns”

William Schurgin was quoted in the January 19, 2010 Daily Labor Report article, "Management Attorneys Say Unions Increasingly Using Corporate Campaigns." The article reported on the January 13, 2010 panel discussion on organized labor hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 

Bill, who spoke at the event, commented that unions have turned to the corporate campaign because their "market share" of employee membership has dwindled to less than 8 percent of American workers in the private sector under traditional organizing methods. He also said that in the past unions were more successful at attracting membership because they could "sell" a range of benefits to workers on issues such as workplace safety and compensation—issues that have since become heavily regulated by state and federal agencies. He continued, "Now, it is hard for unions to make their case for workers to join [a union] based on bread and butter issues. Unions are businesses and they are using corporate campaigns because [the campaigns] do not require them to win over employees. [Using] corporate campaign tactics unions win 90 percent of the time."