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File photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Rebecca Rosen Lum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: The demonstration calling on Pacifica to sever its ties with Jackson Lewis takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday April 18 outside KPFA (and adjacent Pacifica\u00a0 headquarters) at 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley.<\/em><\/p>\n

April 16, 2012<\/p>\n

KPFA workers and their supporters will take to the streets Wednesday to protest Pacific Radio Network\u2019s hiring of a law firm the AFL-CIO has dubbed \u201cthe devil incarnate\u201d and the \u201cthe number one union-buster in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pacifica Foundation<\/a> hired Jackson Lewis in 2010, but that is the only point of agreement between the five-station, listener-supported broadcasting network and its KPFA workers group.<\/p>\n

Pacifica\u2019s executive director argues that the organization simply plucked the law firm from a list of firms approved by its insurance carrier to handle litigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe deplore \u2018union busting\u2019 wherever it occurs\u2014and it will not occur at Pacifica on my watch,\u201d writes Arlene Engelhardt in a March 30 guest commentary that appeared on RadioSurvivor.com<\/a>. \u201cJackson Lewis was first hired in 2010 to handle only litigation and is not involved in union relations at Pacifica at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said Pacifica hired the firm only after previous attorneys bungled employee lawsuits, and that Jackson Lewis saved money by working at reduced rates and pressing for early settlements.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerminating Jackson Lewis would be reckless and expensive,\u201d she writes in her missive, adding that station supporters have deliberately misrepresented the actions and the intents of the national board \u201cto whip up a frenzy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care\u2026what they were hired to do,\u201d\u00a0 shot back KPFA board member Conn Hallinan. \u201cThe idea that we would give our members\u2019 money to fuel an anti-democratic, anti-worker, anti-progressive organization like this is just beyond belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

KPFA station chair Margy Wilkinson said the foundation\u2019s retainer contract signed in January with Jackson Lewis includes labor issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just leaves me breathless that they would hire (Jackson Lewis),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Jackson Lewis, which employs 400 attorneys in 25 cities, is among the \u201ctop five or so best known firms\u201d specializing in union avoidance, said John Logan, Director of Labor and Employment Studies at the San Francisco State University College of Business.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the current labor dispute between Pacifica and its workforce, it is understandable that employees and others are concerned that the company has hired this particular firm,\u201d he said in an email message.<\/p>\n

Logan\u2019s 2008 study of U.S. anti-union consultants quotes this bit of advice from Jackson Lewis attorneys: \u201cIf you want to keep the union out of your place, you\u2019ve got to work at it day and night \u2026 weed \u2018em out.\u201d The company spends tens of thousands to several million dollars on anti-union campaigns. Its website lists a \u201c2012 Union-Free Educational Program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe firm has been involved in several campaigns involving allegations of egregious unfair management practices and campaigns in which employers have spent significant amounts of public money on anti-union activities,\u201d the study says.<\/p>\n

Engaging a firm with Jackson Lewis\u2019 record could torpedo the station\u2019s already tenuous relationship with its unionized staff and alienate listeners who do not want their donations going to a firm that has positioned itself against organized labor, says a letter from KPFA workers to the Pacifica National Board.<\/p>\n

More than 1700 people around the country have signed an online petition demanding that Pacifica immediately sever its relationship with Jackson Lewis.<\/p>\n

The current labor troubles at KPFA, Pacifica’s founding station, stretch back more than a year, when station managers fired the staff of the popular KPFA Morning Show, violating seniority provisions of the union contract. Managers claim the move was a cost-saving measure, but afterward, morning listenership plummeted and donations to the station dropped off dramatically.<\/p>\n

In fact, troubles with its parent organization have wracked the station for years. In a tense standoff more than a decade ago, Pacifica management hired anti-union consultants, installed armed guards and locked out staffers. The station went dark, with taped music replacing programming.<\/p>\n

While its immediate goal is junking the Jackson Lewis contract, in the long term, what the station wants is autonomy, Wilkinson said. Pacifica\u2019s insistence on making decisions hamstrings the station\u2019s ability to meet the needs of its listeners, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a problem for a long time,\u201d she said. \u201cThe executive director comes in and makes changes in the kinds of things local stations should have control over.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to me that all five (Pacifica) stations can work together on certain things, like the presidential election, but other than that, we have very different communities, and we each have to respond to the needs of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

For instance, the foundation rejected a proposed budget that averted layoffs without explanation, Wilkinson said. And it has dragged its feet on selecting a general manager out of a pool of candidates submitted by the local station, which the by-laws require, she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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