LaborLab Launches Innovative Tools to Expose the $1.7 Billion Union-Avoidance Industry

LaborLab, a leading workers' rights watchdog, has unveiled two powerful digital tools designed to bring transparency to the opaque $1.7 billion union-avoidance industry. By aggregating fragmented federal data from the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board, the new union-buster search tool allows workers to identify the consultants and law firms hired to impede their organizing efforts. This initiative provides unprecedented access to information regarding consultant rates, campaign histories, and employer-specific strategies.

Complementing this database is a comprehensive union-busting cost calculator, which quantifies the financial resources corporations divert toward suppressing employee organizing. The calculator estimates both direct expenditures on legal counsel and hidden internal costs, such as mandatory anti-union meetings. By illustrating these figures, the tool helps workers understand the scope of corporate opposition and highlights the potential wage increases that could have been funded with those same resources.

These resources mark a significant advancement in LaborLab’s mission to level the playing field for employees seeking collective bargaining power. By closing the long-standing information gap created by weak federal reporting enforcement, these tools empower workers with the intelligence needed to navigate corporate opposition. As LaborLab continues its advocacy, these digital assets serve as critical infrastructure for organizers, union staff, and labor attorneys striving to secure fair workplaces across the United States.