Beware the Promotion Through Litigation Bullying Ploy S1:E9

Published: May 21, 2019, 7 a.m.

Our laws were originally designed to equalize the bargaining power of employees. But, those laws are now at risk of being abused and weaponized in ways that were never imagined. We are now seeing votes of no confidence, claims, and lawsuits filed against public agencies and individual management personnel in order to help employees and labor unions gain the upper edge during contract negotiations. 
This isn’t a new ploy. But it is becoming more widespread and certainly now being used by labor union factions that previously would never have considered the litigation route. The results can be devastating for an agency’s morale, finances, and future planning.

The most harmful consequence of all this is the damage done to the personal integrity and, in some cases, careers of targets of these types of actions; victims of this litigation ploy that deserve better and who haven’t done anything wrong.

No one condones wrongful employment practices by an employer. The employees who hire the aggressive labor lawyers who handle these types of action really don’t seem to care about either fairness or a “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander” playing field. Indeed, it’s distressful to see how greed, short-term goals, and egos drive such tactics.

In today's episode, we'll talk about escalating use of litigation by employees and labor unions to gain the upper edge in contract negotiations and obtain promotions.

In this episode: 

  • The promotion through litigation trend
  • The types of tactics being used by employees and labor unions
  • Votes of No Confidence, Claims, and Litigation
  • How transparency helps you

THE FINE PRINT
This podcast is for general information only and not intended to be legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer-client relationship. The views, information, and opinions expressed on our podcast are Scott’s and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of any other person, agency, organization or company. Finally, we know that a few dastardly plaintiff's lawyers will get their hands on this. So . . . let's be clear: Don't even think of using the information in this podcast to sue public agencies because this podcast is not intended nor shall it be construed to give any person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims.

Music: ”Dangerous" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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