employees' needs and concerns. Fix problems before they fester. Remove and replace poor or mediocre
managers with effective leaders. Union prevention is simply good leadership practiced 24 hours a day,
365 days a year. If you follow these principles and are faced with a union- organizing effort, you will be
well-positioned to succeed in your campaign with the help of an experienced professional to guide you
through the legal labyrinth.
Unionized Hotels: Hotels that are already unionized face a different set of challenges. If your
employees are represented by a union, you can choose to have either a cooperative or an adversarial
relationship with your employees and their union. Our observation is that establishing a good working
relationship with the union is essential to a successful union hotel. A union's business model encourages
employees. Essential to the operation of your unionized hotel is an experienced and tough HR
professional who knows every detail of the collective bargaining agreement with the union and is
prepared to enforce your contractual rights when necessary. That person also needs to be fair and open
to creative solutions within the context of your contractual rights and obligations under the collective
bargaining agreement. Ideologues who see the world as black and all of the contingencies
associated with them.