McKenna Schueler at Orlando Weekly reports U.S. employers collectively spend an estimated $1.7 billion each year to prevent their Workers from Unionizing, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute and Non-Profit Watchdog Group LaborLab. The $1.7 billion figure includes spending on law firms such as Littler Mendelson that specialize in so-called Union Avoidance services, as well as an estimated $442 million on professional Anti-Union consultants who are contracted by employers to directly persuade Workers against Unionization, often at rates of $400-plus an hour or upward of $3,000 per day. Federal records indicate several of the most active Union Avoidance consultants in the U.S. are based in Central Florida - or at least affiliate their consultancy firms with Florida-based addresses. Some of these consultants rake in millions of dollars each year from big companies like Amazon, which reportedly spent at least $26 million on Union Avoidance consultants in 2025 alone. RoadWarrior Productions, a Union Avoidance firm based out of Florida’s Space Coast, reported being paid nearly $8 million by Amazon last year to thwart Unionization efforts at various Amazon Facilities in the States of California, New York, North Carolina, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, Illinois and Pennsylvania. The firm does most of its work through individual sub-contractors, many of whom are also based in Florida. One of the firm’s sub-contracted consultants, Jared Rodriguez, is a sitting City Council Member in the small Florida City of Layton, as Orlando Weekly reported.

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