Employers spend more than $400 million a year fighting unions

The money is spent on “union-avoidance consultants,” and because of reporting loopholes the real amount is likely much higher.

Though a majority of Americans support unions, just a small fraction of workers—about 12%—are actually in one. Labor experts say one reason for that discrepancy has to do with the efforts companies have made to fight or derail union organizing. And all those efforts have come at a hefty cost: Employers spend more than $400 million a year on “union-avoidance consultants,” according to the Economic Policy Institute.

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