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Tuesday, September 26,
2000
Charges
Filed Against Paris
Responding
to complaints from NFGE members working at Paris that management
is interfering with their right to improve their working
conditions by banning union and other job-improving literature
from non-work areas, the NFGE filed formal charges with the
National Labor Relations Board on Monday. The NFGE asserts that
the Paris bosses have instructed their people to confiscate and
remove all union-type literature, pamphlets, membership forms and
other related material from non-work areas.
Paris has
also instituted a "spy network" and have held meetings
and instructed their pit floorpeople and security and human
resources people to report any talk of unions or labor
organizations and to keep a lookout for any labor-related printed
material
All these acts undertaken by Paris' management are
unlawful. The Labor Management Relations Act specifically forbids
employers from committing any act that would interfere with the
worker's right to self-organize and to improve his lot. Coercive
and intimidating actions such as these are meant to manipulate and
instill fear in workers and are in direct violation of federal
law.
As in any legal proceeding, this charge is only the first
step in a process that includes testimony of witnesses, hearings
and an eventual trial before an administrative law judge. But that
aside, what is astounding about this matter is that this law has
been in place for decades and its provisions are well understood
by all knowledgeable business leaders.
So, what happened at Park Place Entertainment, one of the
worlds leading gaming corporations? Why would they travel down
such a slippery slope with no possible gain? That is a question
only they can answer.
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