People who feel coerced to give to the United Way each year at work, need to designate where their money goes i.e. The Boy Scouts, Salvation Army etc. Because, there are UN Agencies that get United Way funds; big time.
I haven't given to the United Way since the scandal broke about their executives taking lavish vacations using donated funds. That was back in the early to mid 80's.
And back then at the company where I worked, people who refused to contribute were given a personal counseling by their manager. As soon as I sat down I explained my reason and asked if their was anything else. After a long silence he said no. That was the last personal counseling we had about United Way.
Of course I told my coworkers about it and they started doing it to.