By Dana Wilkie DON'T TELL MANY EXPERTS SAY DOING NOTHING IS THE SAFEST BET IF UNION ORGANIZERS COME KNOCKING ON YOUR FIRM'S DOOR. ne morning two years ago, a pair of union organiz- O ers walked into the Naperville, Ill., offices of Terra- con Inc. and handed office manager Maroun Mousallem a stack of cards. The cards, the organizers insisted, indicated that Terracon's nine s o i l drillers wanted to be represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers, a A L B E R T NORMANDIN/MASTERFILE potent force in the state. The workers' demands: better winter coveralls, an increased boot allowance and HAZMAT training. What Mousallem did next would make any labor lawyer blanch ... November l December 2003 ENGINEERING INC. 2 9