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SPHR Human Resources

Category - Relations

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Which of the following describes salting?
  1. The union hires an individual to publicize its reasons for targeting an employer for unionization.
  2. The union hires an individual to distribute leaflets to employees as they are leaving work at the end of the day.
  3. The union hires an individual to picket the employer’s business.
  4. The union hires an individual to apply for a job with an employer and begin to organize the company.
Explanation
Answer - D - Salting occurs when a union hires an individual experienced at organizing tactics to apply for a job with a company that has been targeted for an organizing campaign.

Key Takeaway: Once the employee is hired, he/she acts in much the same way as an inside organizer who was already employed by the company. Salting is an example of union campaign tactics.
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