"PRESSURE TACTICS" Unions publish "scab lists" of nonunion workers

The Kansas chapter of the United Auto Workers union is using its website to draw attention to GM workers who choose not to pay union dues.

UAW Local 31 dedicates an entire page of its website to listing the names and work stations of employees who have opted to exercise their rights not to be in the union. UAW Local 31 lists nearly 30 workers at the Fairfax, Kansas GM plant who are not in the union. The “Scab List” is published under the union website’s “Important Information” section.

Local 31 president Vicki Hale did not respond to request for comment.

Glenn Taubmann, a lawyer at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, said that scab lists are used to pressure workers into joining the union. The use of their personal information and where they can be found in the plant make them easy targets for harassment and intimidation.

“It comes as no surprise that unions in right to work states engage in all sorts of harassment and pressure tactics against independent-minded workers,” he said. “The ugly truth is that once UAW bosses get into power, they will not tolerate any worker who refused to ‘voluntarily’ join and pay dues. Their view of “voluntary” unionism is an iron fist against anyone who dissents.”

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Website lists Life and Debt tops

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com

Sunday, February 02, 2014    

THE American website atlantablackstar.com has compiled its list of the top nine Jamaican films, with Life and Debt by American Stephanie Black, topping the list.

The 2001 documentary, which examines the impact of globalisation on Jamaican manufacturers and farmers, beat Perry Henzell’s classic 1972 film, The Harder they Come and Storm Saulter’s Better Mus’ Come.

Black told Splash that although she is appreciative, there are reservations.

“The Harder They Come remains the number one Jamaican movie of all time,” she stated. “However sadly, Life and Debt is still all too relevant not only in Jamaica but throughout the world, as the economic imbalance of the fundamental principles of globalisation are the accepted norm,” she continued.

Starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff, The Harder They Come — a drama co-written by Henzell and Trevor Rhone — took second spot.

In third is Third World Cop the 1999 flick starring Paul Campbell, directed by Chris Browne and produced by Chris Blackwell of Island Jamaica Films.

Dancehall Queen, starring Audrey Reid as a street vendor struggling to raise two daughters, took fourth spot, with 1978′s Rockers by Theodoros Bafaloukos in fifth place.

Shottas, which starred Ky-Mani Marley and Spragga Benz, was sixth followed by Smile Orange and the Kevin MacDonald-directed documentary Marley in eighth.

Saulter’s Better Mus’ Come — a love story set in the political turmoil of 1970s Jamaica, rounded out the list.

Black first came to local attention with her documentary H2 Worker, which examined the plight of Jamaican farm workers. She says she is working on two documentaries similar to Life and Debt.

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