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LaborLab's Bob Funk on the $1.7 Billion Union Busting Industry and How Workers Can Fight Back
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- Jun 8, 2026
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- 2090
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Summary
LaborLab founder Bob Funk breaks down a new EPI report finding US employers spend $1.7 billion annually on union avoidance — and explains why the real number is almost certainly higher. From Amazon’s $26.6 million in consultant spending to the law firms handling 19% of all NLRB cases in the shadows, Funk maps the full infrastructure of union busting and explains how LaborLab’s Persuader reports can put the information workers are legally entitled to directly in their hands during an organizing campaign.