As Requested: “ATTENTION: WILL PARKS, LORETTA VANCE AND LINDA LINDUS”

I am in outside sales for advertising and I am sick and tired of management trying to “discreetly” see where we stand with the union. I was called into my supervisor’s office last week and informed that he heard a “rumor” that I was unhappy at the Pantagraph and was wanting to leave. He said he “wouldn’t blame me” if I felt that way and that he just wanted to see if it was true, then he tried to steer the conversation towards how I felt about the union.

Sorry, but that is just BS. I had absolutely no idea what he could even be talking about. I never said anything to anyone about leaving and had no plans to, (although since that conversation I’ve been reconsidering!)

Interestingly, I talked to some of my co-workers afterwards and discovered that (rather conveniently) this “rumor” seems to be going around about each of them as well. My manager had virtually identical conversations with other employees claiming he heard the exact same rumor about them.

Very creative, but no dice. Does management really think outside sales doesn’t talk to each other? Do they really think LYING to their employees is the way to prevent union activity? How stupid can they possibly be???

I guess we can just continue to sit back and watch them answer their own question. In fact, I hope the organizers feel free to post this in big bold letters right on the home page of the website and entitle it, “ATTENTION: WILL PARKS, LORETTA VANCE AND LINDA LINDUS”. Management needs to know that we’re not completely stupid, no matter how much they want us to be.