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Subject: Re: Boycott Tower Records! Rehire the Sunset Blvd 3!


Bruce,
Observe the proper 'netiquette' by not cross-posting.  And for the
record, I hate unions.


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: Bruce Melendy <bmelendy@nowwhat.com> wrote in article
: <32B0927F.382D@nowwhat.com>...
: > Hey folks--
: > 
: > Three union activists were just fired at the Sunset Blvd Tower 
: > Records, one (a two-year employee) for a $90 shortage, two for lying 
: > down during a store meeting. According to the LA Weekly, the three 
: > were involved in a failed drive to unionize the store last fall. The 
: > management, of course, denies that the firings were retaliatory, but I 
: > don't believe them.
: > 
: > Union organizing is, of course, a perfectly legal activity; firing
: > someone for trying to organize a union is perfectly illegal. I'm
: > guessing that Tower will have a lawsuit or three on its hands very
: > quickly, but in the meantime I urge you all to
: > 
: > 1. Boycott Tower Records until they rehire the Sunset Blvd Three
: > 
: > 2. Email Tower at feedback@towerrecords.com, demanding that they
: > rehire the three and not fire any more employees for union activity,
: > and state your intention to boycott Tower until they rehire the three.
: > 
: > 3. Read the story in the Weekly:
: > http://www.laweekly.com/ink/news1.html
: > 
: > Thanks--
: > 
: > Bruce
: > 
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