Resolution on Jackson Lewis
Approved 4/7/12

Whereas Pacifica Radio was founded to promote social justice, which includes efforts of working people to seek economic and political power through unions; and

Whereas employers and anti-union forces in this country in recent decades have escalated their attacks on workers' rights to organize; and

Whereas Jackson Lewis is a notorious national law firm that not only advises employers
on how to crush union organizing drives, undermine existing unions, and thwart workers from exercising their legal rights in the workplace, but in fact pioneered many of the legal strategies to do so; and

Whereas Jackson Lewis is condemned by the AFL-CIO as the number one union-busting law firm in the country; and

Whereas Pacifica National Board voted to hire Jackson Lewis on retainer; and

Whereas it is unacceptable for a single penny of listener contributions to be spent on the most notorious union-busting law firm in the country; and

Whereas it is a betrayal of Pacifica’s principles to hire or do business with such reprehensible, anti-worker firms, for any reason;

Therefore be it resolved that the KPFA local station board calls on the Pacifica National Board and the Pacifica executive director to wind down all relationships with Jackson Lewis as quickly as possible subject to prudent attention to the financial penalties of changing attorneys in ongoing litigation.

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