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"No employees are represented by a labor union or are subject to a collective bargaining agreement." (Original Post) Robb Feb 2012 OP
The Hearst family? Rex Feb 2012 #1
I recall seeing McCain shirts at his campaign website in 2008. JohnnyRingo Feb 2012 #2
An employee-owned newspaper. Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #3
Too clever by half! Robb Feb 2012 #4
The Occupy newspapers. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #6
Are their writers in the newspaper's employ? Robb Feb 2012 #7
They are volunteers. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #8
Kick. nt Robb Feb 2012 #5
Wall Street Journal? JDPriestly Feb 2012 #9
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1. The Hearst family?
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:26 PM
Feb 2012

Keeding...dunno if they actually own any papers anymore...NO I would not support (ie buy) a paper that is anti-union.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
2. I recall seeing McCain shirts at his campaign website in 2008.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:29 PM
Feb 2012

The site assured visitors that the t-shirts were not union made as a selling point.

Otherwise, I'm not sure what your headline implies. Perhaps it's bragging that no one at the newspaper is represented by a union, in which case I'd cancel my subscription to such a right wing biased rag and use the internet.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
3. An employee-owned newspaper.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:36 PM
Feb 2012

Like, they would need a union to negotiate with themselves?

Of COURSE I would subscribe to such a paper, assuming its content was of reasonable interest to me.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
4. Too clever by half!
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 01:41 PM
Feb 2012

But not what I'm talking about.

Great answer, however. One might consider employee ownership the ultimate collective bargain, eh?

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