Teamsters: Operating Engineers: SEIU: AFSCME: Estimate the cost of an
anti-union campaign.
Employers have a choice when faced with a union organizing drive. They can take the high road by agreeing to voluntarily recognize the union upon proof of majority support. Or they can take the low road and invest what is typically thousands of dollars per worker in an anti-union campaign. Fill in campaign details below for an estimate of the cost that your employer is choosing to incur by mounting an anti-union campaign. Save your estimate and click the “Copy share link” to share it with coworkers.
Request an official LaborLab cost estimate
LaborLab can provide official estimates in collaboration with organizers. Our estimates have served as the basis of reports presented to state representatives and been repeatedly cited in news coverage of anti-union campaigns. LaborLab will revise estimates and issue corrections if provided with evidence of inaccuracy. To request an estimate, email [email protected].
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01 · Filing
Campaign Name
The name this estimate is saved under. Also used in the PDF report header.
02 · Bargaining unit
Workers
Enter the number of eligible voters, their average pay rate and average daily hours worked. Collect this info from your coworkers or use ZipRecruiter, Salary.com or BLS for average wage data.
03 · Window
Campaign dates
Campaign start date/petition date and consultant start – which may come after – drive the default windows for every line below.
04 · External · Counsel
Attorneys (Third-Party)
Attorney/s hired by employer to provide representation and campaign services aimed at preventing unionization. Representation services include negotiating or litigating bargaining units and responding to unfair labor practice charges. Campaign services include campaign management, personnel changes, supervisor coaching and preparing anti-union literature and speeches.
No attorneys on this campaign.
05 · External · Persuaders
Consultants (Third-party non-attorney)
Consultants hired to provide campaign services, such as campaign management, opposition research, personnel change recommendations, scripting anti-union speeches and (sometimes) directly persuading workers.
No consultants on this campaign.
06 · Internal · Campaign team
In-House Campaign Leaders/Specialists (e.g. HR manager)
HR specialist/s, operations manager/s or other supervisors dedicated to running the anti-union campaign. In cooperation with attorneys and/or consultants, in-house campaign leaders typically oversee the campaign, spend more time than other supervisors seeking to dissuade workers and often give speeches in group anti-union meetings.
No in-house staff assigned.
07 · Internal · Supervisors
Other Supervisors & Managers
All supervisors are typically enlisted to engage in anti-union campaign activities, such as holding one-on-one meetings, distributing literature, and reporting the perceived union support of each subordinate to the campaign leaders.
Days worked: 0 · Total cost (estimate): $0
08 · Internal · Worker time
Worker paid time lost
Paid time workers spend in group and one-on-one anti-union meetings with supervisors and anti-union workers.
0 workers × 0.17 hrs/day
Total cost (estimate): $0
09 · Internal · Productivity loss
Productivity loss
Estimated drop in output per hour worked by employees (excludes paid time lost entirely to anti-union meetings).
Total cost (estimate): -$0
10 · Overhead & uncertainty
Fees & Materials
Administrative fees and the cost of anti-union materials.
Base: $0
F&M (estimate): $0
Estimate band
Multipliers applied per line for the lower and upper estimates. Defaults: ×0.85 lower / ×1.15 upper.
Estimated campaign cost
Total campaign cost · Mid Est.
$0
$0 – $0 range
0-day campaign
Per-worker cost · Mid Est.
$0
$0 – $0 range
Across 0 workers
Raise equivalent · Mid Est.
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Set workers + pay rate to compute
0-day campaign · 0 workers · — annual payroll basis
Total campaign cost · Mid Est.
$0
$0 – $0 range
Cost breakdown
Mid estimate
| Name | Weekly cost | Weeks | Total · Mid |
|---|---|---|---|
| External | |||
| Consultants | |||
| Total Consultants | $0 | ||
| Attorneys | |||
| Total Attorneys | $0 | ||
| Total External Cost | $0 | ||
| Internal | |||
| In-house team | |||
| Total In-house | $0 | ||
| 0 Supervisors 0 sups × $0 / hr × (1 + 0.3 fringe) × 0 days × 1 hrs / day | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Worker time lost 0 workers × $0 / hr × (1 + 0.3 fringe) × 0 days × 0.17 hrs lost / day | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| 0% productivity loss 0 workers × $0 / hr × (1 + 0.3 fringe) × -0.17 productive hrs × 0 days × 0.0% | $0 | 0 | -$0 |
| Total Internal Cost | $0 | ||
| Fees & Materials | |||
| 2.5% × $0 base | — | — | $0 |
| Total Fees & Materials | $0 | ||
| Total | $0 | ||
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Request an official LaborLab cost estimate. LaborLab can provide official estimates in collaboration with organizers. Our estimates have served as the basis of reports presented to state representatives and been repeatedly cited in news coverage of anti-union campaigns. LaborLab will revise estimates and issue corrections if provided with evidence of inaccuracy. To request an estimate, email [email protected].
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