Target forces employees to watch this anti-union propaganda video

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/06/target-forces-employees-to-watch-this-anti-union-propaganda-video/

Posted on 06.13.11
By David Edwards
Categories: Activism, Featured

Gawker obtained a training video that Target uses to warn its employees about the danger of joining a union.

The 13-milute video titled “Think Hard Before You Sign” is hosted by Doug and Maria, two actors posing as Target employees.

“We’re a target because we’re a threat to unions,” Doug claims. “The unions that represent grocery store workers.”

[Rex]

1. We live in a time where corporations like Target are hurting America

by being anti-democracy.

[NNN0LHI]

2. How do they force them to watch it? Do they pin their eyes open like in Clockwork Orange?

I would be sound asleep and snoring soon as I sat down. Be a 13-minute nap for me.

Don

[Blue_Tires]

6. Like part of new employee orientation or something...

[Nye Bevan]

3. Interesting. I guess Target = WalMart (nt)

[TK421]

11. pretty much, yeah n/t

[fascisthunter]

4. Corporations are now forcing employees to view their own Political propaganda

fascism

[Brickbat]

7. This is not a new thing.

[Brickbat]

5. They've been doing this for years. People who think they're avoiding the Wal-Mart crap by shopping

at Target are fooling themselves.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Good to see this re-surface...

Some other sites had it about 2-3 years ago, and Target lawyers had them all wiped...

[StevesRedLens]

9. The "labor relations" guy looked like a Nazi. No smiles from him.

Thanks for posting link. Typical anti-union BS. Warning "with a smile" at initial hire. That Target "labor relations" guy seemed to look kind of like Nazi-ist to me. Creepy!

[TK421]

10. I've been telling people here for months what fucking scum Target is

good...hopefully more of this gets out

[amborin]

12. just like union-busting Nissan Corp down in Smyrna

[SmileyRose]

13. Well technically they are not being forced.

but I expect if someone is a new hire at Target they are probably so desperate for a job, any job, that refusing to watch and getting fired is not something they feel like they can choose.

[KamaAina]

14. If you look closely, you can probably see where they pasted Target logos

on top of the Walmart ones in the original version. :eyes:

[tomm2thumbs]

15. forget Target