The last Teamsters Joint Council 42 organizing training concentrated on the “company campaign.” This company campaign is what an organizing target does to prevent the workers from simply having input in the wages, hours and working conditions. The company relies on fear and misinformation to derail workers in an organizing drive. In our training we put our members into a mock captive audience meeting, intimidating one-on-ones, group pressure situations, and hostile worker conflicts. We explained the pressure a non-union worker feels when the union-buster is breathing down their throat. Even though our volunteer organizers are Teamster rank and file members with a union contract, the participants felt the intimidation of having their pay check being used against them. One member said "this training scared the hell out of me and I have a contract. I can't imagine what a worker that doesn't understand the protection of a Teamster contract feels." The pressure a company applies in the campaign is built to discourage even the most solid supporter. The plan is to make them give up and feel like it's too difficult. Our training is meant to cut that off so you can prepare the worker for what is to come and predict the moves of the company. It's best when a fellow worker is relaying that message. The nonunion worker is naturally put at ease when a member is volunteering their time to help them through it. When the comfort level gets to the point where you can effectively communicate, the issues the workers are organizing for take center stage. When workers organize they are simply asking for input and a say in their future. The company complicates it with fear. The next training protocol is on "conquering your fear" and gives the tools necessary to relieve the pressure applied by the company.