Answer to Question #215447 in Management for Neelam

Question

Critically analyze SGA’s strategy in campaigning against the union. Use the appropriate theory to explain SGA’s position and reasons why they don’t want unions. Can non-union representation for workers of SGA replace union’s role? Why or why not? Use relevant examples to explain?

Answer 1

The SGA's Campaigning Strategy Against the Union

SGAs had a clear and determined approach in managing the representation campaign. President White spearheaded the anti-union effort, aided by an Atlanta law firm specializing in anti-union campaigns. One of the key tenets of this approach was that the company sought alliances and cooperation from other strong community institutions to obstruct union organizing and membership. As expressly mentioned in the case study. The SGA's anti-union strategy involves extensive interactions with the community, business, and religious leaders to influence workers' opinions about the union. Workers were required to watch anti-union videos on company time. In addition, president White and Philips sent letters to workers' homes, underlining the necessity of working together to keep the union out and battle the threat presented by hosiery imports. "Unions are not ideal, and the firm's executives sought to emphasize the shortcomings in creating a union, as well as how unions may generate inherent divisive friction between management and employees."

SGA's viewpoint may be explained using theory.

Obstetric theory: The fetuses at risk technique provides a cohesive explanation of prenatal events by focusing on incidence measurements. The SGA opposes unionization because it provides a theoretical framework for medically necessary early delivery and bridges the gap between obstetric theory and practice.

Finally, because unions simultaneously raise union employees' salaries while lowering non-union workers' wages owing to the spillover effect, non-union workers cannot replace unions as SGA workers' representatives.