"Salting" abuse is the intentional placing of trained union professional organizers and agents in a merit shop facility to harass or disrupt company operations, apply economic pressure, increase operating and legal costs, and ultimately put the company out of business.
The objectives of the union agents are accomplished through filing frivolous and unfair labor practice complaints or discrimination charges against the employer with:
- the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Salting campaigns have been used successfully to cause economic harm for construction companies and are quickly expanding into other industries across the country.
Read ABC's legislative position on Salting
Salting Testimony
On May 10, 2004 Sharon McGee, President and CEO of RM Mechanical, Inc., joined Ty and Shelly Runyan of Titus Electrical Contracting, Inc., Austin, Texas, to testify on the practice of union “salting” abuse at a U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations field hearing in Round Rock, Texas. Both R.M. Mechanical and Titus Electrical are members of ABC's Central Texas chapter.
