As its anti-union campaigns flagged, the organization began to become more of a human resources consulting agency for its members.

The initial drive signed up 75% of the workers at the location, and the company quickly reacted with an anti-union campaign.

Unions report that, under the present system, many employers use the 45 to 90 day period to conduct anti-union campaigns.

Furthermore, the defeat of the strikers was part of a larger anti-union campaign.

"This kind of aggressive anti-union campaign is not unusual."

EnerSys officials later admitted that they had paid the consultant $39,000 to help guide the anti-union campaign.

These changes will dramatically speed up the time frame for union elections, and cut the time businesses have to mount anti-union campaigns.

But Rand planned exactly that, and his lie was designed to win backing of city officials for the company's anti-union campaign.

"They have waged an anti-union campaign for more than two years, and now they say that can be erased with a one-hour presentation."

Nissan's management waged an aggressive 18-month anti-union campaign, arguing that the company needed flexibility to operate in an efficient manner.