Greed Costs Them $1.7 Billion A Year.

Greed Costs Them $1.7 Billion A Year.

Employers squander about $1.7 billion every year on strong-arm tactics to try to keep workers from unionizing.

Union busting: Employers annually spend $1.7 billion in an effort to deny workers a voice on the job - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

Amazon spends millions of dollars each year in an attempt to erode workers rights and combat efforts by the Teamsters to unionize. U.S. employers spend about $1.7 billion per year on union busting efforts, according to a report published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Much of the money is spent on consultants and law firms that specialize in preventing workers from organizing and bargaining for improved pay and working conditions. One o…