On Aug 22, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Mark Rickling wrote:
> It seems as if you don't understand this. No rights have been
> sacrificed at all.
Here's what the article says:
<http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/22/seiu>
> Secret Deal Promises 'Labor Peace'
>
> A summary of the "Big 3" agreement, which was provided to Inside
> Higher Ed, details how SEIU allowed employers – not workers – to
> dictate where unionization would take place. The agreement, forged
> by SEIU and another union known as Unite Here, cedes the power to
> declare union sites to two major food service providers, Compass
> Group USA and Sodexho Inc. Along with Aramark, which had a similar
> agreement according to the Journal, Compass and Sodexho are the
> major food service providers on college campuses across the country.
>
> In addition to empowering the companies to determine where workers
> can organize, the agreement insures that unionized workers won't
> strike or even make derogatory remarks about the companies.
>
> Union members were not informed of the deal, which specifically
> stipulates that secrecy is "critical to the success" of the agreement.
>
> So what do the unions get from this deal? In the words of the
> agreement, the unions get "labor peace." In short, the companies
> agree not to interfere with unionization efforts, as long as workers
> only organize on the sites the companies have approved.
No strikes? No "derogatory remarks"? No rights were sacrificed at all?
Doug