[Pen-l] Interesting comment on the Joel Kovel termination

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

New comment on your post #1591 "Bard College terminates Joel Kovel"
Author : Chris Townsend

I led the organization/unionization of the service staff workers at Bard 
College more than 20 years ago. The workforce had suffered for decades 
in a captive company union, set up and run by Bard. From the time we 
started organizing until the day we triumphed we were witness to every 
despicable tactic imaginable by the college. Countless bogus NLRB 
delaying tactics, attempted terrorization and alternate bribery of 
workers, surface bargaining, you name it. We finally shoved Mr. Botstein 
off-balance by revealing our intent to publish an ad in the NYTimes 
revealing the fact that he was a member of the American Federation of 
Musicians (at least back then) and that, among other things, his college 
paid women "cleaners" one dollar per hour less than male "janitors" for 
the same work. He seemed concerned enough about it to order his 
underlings to settle a union contract with us.  I never had much faith 
or trust in liberals, and nothing I experienced with the Bard management 
changed my mind.

Good luck in your struggle, Joel!
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