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Abstract
The Center for Union Facts was inaugurated in February 2006, in a highly visible campaign, with the placement of full-page advertisements in a number of the US' leading daily newspapers, including The New York Times The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, attacking unions as corrupt and as damaging to the economy. This article will proceed in the following manner. The first section will provide a review of the literature concerning previous research studies on employee firings occurring during union organizing drives. The second section will outline the major arguments, methodology and findings presented in "Union Math, Union Myths." It seems plausible that one of the major reasons for the writing of "Union Math, Union Myths" is to demonstrate that the severe problems that union leaders, organizers and activists claim to be evident in the National Labor Relations Board certification election process are greatly exaggerated.