Posted on 09/08/2016 3:54:28 AM PDT by expat_panama
Justice: Three recent court victories got little in the way of headlines, but should be required reading for every corporate executive in the country. In each, companies refused to do what so many have done before -- tuck their tails in and settle out of court.
Exhibit A is a case involving Texas-based Professional Janitorial Service and its yearslong battle with the Service Employees International Union.
As it has done countless times before, the SEIU targeted the company with a vicious, all out "corporate campaign," designed to ruin the company's reputation and starve it of business, until it submitted to the SEIU's demands. In this case, the union created fliers, emails, and op-eds to smear the company's reputation. It sent thousands of letters to the firm's customers claiming that PJS was engaged in disreputable labor tactics...
...Not content to give in to this form of extortion, PJS sued the union...
...Justice collected more than $6 billion in 2015 through these agreements.
Rather than give in, FedEx took the case to court, and federal prosecutors dropped its case in June, two years after indicting FedEx but just one week after the trial started. FexEx "called the government's bluff and won its case," they said.
Each of these cases amounted to nothing more than extortion on a scale the Mafia could never dream of. Companies are given a choice: Pay up or have your companies destroyed.
While not every firm has the wherewithal and the determination to mount such fights, they all owe these and other companies a debt of gratitude. By remaining resolute, they've made it less likely that others will have to suffer the same fate.
(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
Now, finish the job and destroy the union.
Let’s tip our hats to small business as well. The “Black Olives Matter” guy is still doing fine:
The owner of an Italian restaurant in New Mexico, who put up a billboard saying, “Black Olives Matter,” is now expanding his marketing strategy to hats, t-shirts, and Facebook ads after making national headlines.
Rick Camuglia, owner of Paisano’s of Albuquerque, drew fire from critics last month because of how his advertisement mimics the “Black Lives Matter” movement, KOAT News reports.
Camuglia’s reason for putting the slogan on hats and shirts was because restaurant supporters wanted to buy souvenirs from the restaurant.
As a result, business has been booming.
“People have filled the restaurant and told us to leave up the sign,” Camuglia said to KOAT-TV. “That’s great, you know, because a lot of people make a living off working for this restaurant.”
THIS guy fought SEIU all over the world, even when the SEIU was recruiting islamic radicals to target his businesses:
https://www.amazon.com/Devil-My-Doorstep-Protecting-Employee/dp/0984145702
Rick Camuglia, owner of Paisano’s of Albuquerque, drew fire from critics last month because of how his advertisement mimics the “Black Lives Matter” movement, KOAT News reports.
I'll have to eat there if I get over to Albuquerque.
Could this be the Trump effect—people finally fighting back?
“Could this be the Trump effect—people finally fighting back?”
I believe it is! Win or lose, Trump has shown us something we haven’t seen in some time: Leadership. He has broken the yoke of political correctness. He does not cower and defend when the Left plays the race card (their only card). HE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THE USA.
“America, America....”
Yeah, seems like this has taken a long time to come about.
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