Worker intimidation still ok in 2006?

[Swede]

At the workers' request, Smithfield officials will meet Friday afternoon with representatives of the Catholic Church to explain and discuss the matter, Pittman said, adding that the company had temporarily halted efforts to gather workers' information.

Workers on Friday distributed a statement from Latino and black leaders that calls for an end to "unjust firing of Smithfield workers and the timely rehire of all workers who have been unfairly terminated." The statement also demanded no retaliation against protesting workers.

"Smithfield fired these workers following a spate of activities in which workers began to stand up and demand their rights," said Gene Bruskin, a representative of the union who serves as the Smithfield campaign director. "The timing reeks of Smithfield's continued pattern of intimidation and fear."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4343595.html

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/11/17/hamhanded_at_smithfield.php

[UTUSN]

1. Try working for Judith REGAN (O.J.'s & LIMBOsevic's publisher)

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http://www.commontales.com/os/we.aspx?e=3288

O.J. Simpson & Judith Regan: Perfect Together

by Tom Kane


.... From 1996-1997 I worked for the publishing dynamo herself. I have innumerable stories about the crass, abusive and paranoid ravings I witnessed firsthand in her office; the pictures of her wearing male drag and a pasted-on beard walking up a West side avenue in New York; and the seductive manner she used when manipulating her male staff, but mostly I've kept them to myself, for fear of being sued. Then I read today that Judith is going to publish O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" — a 'hypothetical' tell-all of how he would have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman had he done it — and I feel I need to share a couple of facts. ....

Many of the scenarios the character Theo Huxtable played out on "The Cosby Show" were taken from his life. All the love people had for Bill Cosby, and for Theo, became part of a nationwide sorrow. But coffin chaser Judith had another take on it. She bellowed for me to come to her office, then, without any evidence of respect or scruples, she barked at me to find the friend that Ennis Cosby was headed to visit so she could buy the rights to her story. As an afterthought, she told me to track down Bill Cosby, too.

I walked away stunned and silent. I had no intention of following through, and decided that if she brought it up again, I'd tell her exactly what kind of scum she was and walk out the door. But she never did.

Until today, I never thought Judith could sink lower than she did that day. I've always been thankful that book never made it into print, and I hope by telling this story, "If I Did It" won't sell. But I know better. She made millions off Christopher Darden's book, she tried to make even more off one about Denise and Nicole Brown, and now she'll rake it in with O.J.'s.

Still, I can hope.

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[acmejack]

2. A real sweetie.

How was she described in the media yesterday? "The incredibly attractive Judith Regan" or something equally ridiculous! I mean, I may have bad eyes, but I know better than that. She has a very ugly soul...