Purpose – To examine union elections conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in warehouse and storage facilities in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Data on all 167 elections (October 1999 and February 2002) held in warehouse and storage facilities in the USA was...

The objective of this research was to examine factors that impact union elections in the trucking sector. Since trucking firms are labor intensive, unions can have an impact on the cost of doing business and competitiveness. One hundred and ninety‐nine union elections conducted by the National...

The purpose of this paper was to explore various labor relations strategies and tactics used by trucking companies in union elections in the United States. In addition, the paper also examined how trucking firms changed their HRM practices after an election. The study, conducted in Summer of...