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> > (1/28) at 10:00 PM EST, the ABC news magazine 20/20 will
> > >feature the story of Gary McClain, an employee of a Tenneco packaging
> > >plant in Beach Island, SC who was handcuffed, detained, drugged, and
> > >involuntarily committed to a mental institution. His crime? Trying to
> > >form a union.
> > >
> > >This case represents an extreme example of something that happens every
> > >day all across the country - employers interfering with their workers'
> > >freedom to choose a union.
> > >
> > >Here's the story ABC News says it will tell.
> > >
> > >Last year Mr. McClain, a 17-year employee with no history of violence
> > >on the job and no criminal record, joined together with co-workers in
an
> > >effort to form a union affiliated with the International Union of
> > >Operating Engineers. In July, at a mandatory anti-union meeting called
> > >by Tenneco management, Mr. McClain challenged his plant manager to
allow
> > >workers to hear the pro-union side of the story. The very next day,
> > >Tenneco contacted the county sherriff's department, which sent a SWAT
> > >team to Mr. McClain's home to haul him into an emergency room, where he
> > >was drugged, involuntarily admitted to a mental institution, and held
> > >for two weeks until a judge released him.
> > >
> > >You can check out ABC's 20/20 website at:
> > >
> > >http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020Index.html