In These Times

I was in a situation nearly identical to Josh Noble's. I was trying to organize fellow employees at a non union Pulitzer newspaper. Of the 16 employees in our unit, 14 signed cards that requested a vote on unionization. 12 commited firmly to vote yes. 10 remained firm during the lengthy campaign. On election day, I lost 14-2. What happened? One employee had his personnel record cleared of a serious reprimand. One recieve a performance raise that just three months earlier he had been refused. The rest weren't talking, but each and everyone of these "bribes" were illegal under NLRB laws. …

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