In the early 200Os Wackenhut was brought in by a union-busting law firm to work on busting the Newspaper Guild at the paper where my spouse worked.
The company fired all of the security guards, who were formerly in-house, and even all of the janitors. Security, the janitors and other support staff were replaced with Wackenhut employees or with people Wackenhut hired directly.
Janitors became spies, security guards would rifle through desks and filing cabinets at night. Phones were tapped. Union leaders were surveilled at their homes.
Employees were intimidated in various ways.
The union was decertified.
None of what you've written here surprises me, and seems like a logical progression for this evil corporation.
It was still the age of answering machines. My wife was a union officer. One night, in the middle of dinner, the phone rang. As I went to answer it, the machine played back all our messages. Then we realized it was happening during the day when we were at work, and messages were being erased remotely. Coincidences, I’m sure.
In the early 200Os Wackenhut was brought in by a union-busting law firm to work on busting the Newspaper Guild at the paper where my spouse worked.
The company fired all of the security guards, who were formerly in-house, and even all of the janitors. Security, the janitors and other support staff were replaced with Wackenhut employees or with people Wackenhut hired directly.
Janitors became spies, security guards would rifle through desks and filing cabinets at night. Phones were tapped. Union leaders were surveilled at their homes.
Employees were intimidated in various ways.
The union was decertified.
None of what you've written here surprises me, and seems like a logical progression for this evil corporation.
That is amazing context.
It was still the age of answering machines. My wife was a union officer. One night, in the middle of dinner, the phone rang. As I went to answer it, the machine played back all our messages. Then we realized it was happening during the day when we were at work, and messages were being erased remotely. Coincidences, I’m sure.