should we dub organizations that are in the process of committing suicide as "unpopular"?
raghu wrote: > How NOT to go about improving your public image: > (1) Hire a PR consultancy firm to produce ads on your behalf (whatever > happened to grass-roots organizing). > (2) In fact, go out of your way to hire PR consultancy firms whose > other services include union-busting. > > http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13580/unions_contract_to_pr_firms_that_work_for_anti-worker_groups > ---------------------------------snip > As labor seeks to communicate its message in the media and influence > policy, many unions are looking to outside consultant firms. These > groups sometimes provide the technical expertise, media suaveness, and > necessary connections for unions to get their message out to the right > audience. However, a recent joint investigation by In These Times and > Republic Report reveals that several millions dollars of union > members’ dues have been going to firms that are actively working > against labor’s top priorities on behalf of business interests. In > some cases, unions are paying consultants who are simultaneously > working on behalf of union-busting causes. -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you should at least know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
