The employer should have some rights to hire a qualified applicant. In the current law the line is very fuzzy. The law gives deference to the fact that merely because they (the candidates) are union affiliated they (employers) should give deference to them to protect their organizing activities. |
The union walks away in the sense they don't have the legal fees, but the small employer faces large legal fees. |
They (workers) have every right to pursue organizing in the workplace. But instead of organizing, there's been more of a focus on disrupting the workplace, and therefore the employer becomes less competitive. |