{"id":135,"date":"2003-10-09T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2003-10-09T08:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/?p=135"},"modified":"2003-10-09T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2003-10-09T08:02:02","slug":"gettin-tough-on-the-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/2003\/10\/gettin-tough-on-the-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Gettin’ tough on the boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wall Street Journal newsies are stickin’ it to the Man<\/a>, who’s trying to impose a lot of stuff on ’em they’d just as soon not have to put up with. Among the union’s get-tough tactics: <\/p>\n

The angry union members have made their displeasure clear on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, for example, approximately 30 Barron’s employees took a 15-minute coffee break outside of the World Financial Center offices, which was “certainly” timed to occur “in the middle of deadline,” Martell said.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 30, more than 100 Journal reporters based in New York came to work at 11:30 a.m. and refused to work for more than seven hours that day. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Man, now that’s hittin’ mister Dow and Mister Jones where they live.

See, I’m a card-carrying union man<\/a> myself and I’m foursquare beind my union brethren in cutting no slack to Dow Jones & Co. But let’s face it: these baby steps seem absurd from this distance. Hence, the good-natured ribbing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wall Street Journal newsies are stickin’ it to the Man, who’s trying to impose a lot of stuff on ’em they’d just as soon not have to put up with. Among the union’s get-tough tactics: The angry union members have…<\/p>\n

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