In In These Times, Art Levine recounts his recent experience at a seminar for Union-Busting Confidential.
Edwize readers may find the name of the legal firm providing union-busting advice — Jackson, Lewis — familiar. Back in November 2005, we attended incognito a similar seminar for “union prevention” in New York State charter schools, and wrote about it here. Jackson, Lewis and its Atlantic Legal Foundation organized the day and provided the legal counsel, and Rod Paige of the “NEA is a terrorist organization” fame provided the luncheon talk. Previously, the New York Charter School Association — also in attendance at the seminar — had introduced Jackson, Lewis and the Atlantic Legal Foundation to the New York charter world through a workshop at its annual convention.
Amazingly enough, there are still a blogger or two who claims that NYCSA is not controlled by right wing, dyed in the wool anti-union ideologues, despite its relationship with Jackson, Lewis and its financial support from far right foundations.
2 Comments:
1 MichaelB
· Sep 26, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Could a charter school legally hire Jackson, Lewis to run an anti-union campaign?
2 Leo Casey
· Sep 26, 2007 at 10:34 pm
It would, at the very least, be skirting on the edge of illegality… but close adherence to labor law is not exactly the forte of Jackson, Lewis.