Why do companies pay anti union firms instead of paying to their employees?

Question

Why do they prefer spending time and money in anti-union law firms instead of investing in their workers? Also why are labor rights up to discussion in these times?

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Answer 1

If unionization will cost an employer $10M/year in extra wages/benefits, but an anti-union firm will charge $5M/year to delay unionization. If they can successfully ward off a union for even 10 years, then that firm saved them $50M dollars.

So it’s a simple cost analysis. “What will cost us less.”