<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432730023658_7166"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432730023658_7165">Both the football coach and the women's basketball coach have been accused of physically and emotionally abusive behavior. The U of I administration hires a Chicago law firm whose sole purpose is to protect employers from either having unions formed, or from union demands. In the background is a perhaps growing movement for unionization of college athletes, which began with the Northwestern football team a couple of years ago.</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 6:58 AM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451@comcast.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv9921319902"><style>#yiv9921319902 #yiv9921319902 --
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#yiv9921319902 </style><div><div class="yiv9921319902WordSection1"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Could you provide a little more context for this ?</span></div><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">David J.</span></div><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv9921319902yqt9199151156" id="yiv9921319902yqt75240"><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-image: none;"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces@lists.chambana.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Green via Peace-discuss<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 26, 2015 11:24 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Peace-discuss List; CUCPJ Discuss Discuss<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Peace-discuss] Firm hired by UI re athletic issues</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal"> </div><div><div id="yiv9921319902yui_3_16_0_1_1432700365209_2746"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>In response to complaints about coaches, the UI strangely (or not) hires a firm that specializes in preventing/busting unions:</span></div></div><div id="yiv9921319902yui_3_16_0_1_1432700365209_2804"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div></div><div id="yiv9921319902yui_3_16_0_1_1432700365209_2803"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>From their website:</span></div></div><h3 id="yiv9921319902yui_3_16_0_1_1432700365209_2755" style="background: white;"><span>Labor Relations</span></h3><div id="yiv9921319902yui_3_16_0_1_1432700365209_2756"><div class="yiv9921319902MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Franczek Radelet is a powerful advocate for employers and a formidable adversary to unions. We provide creative and effective solutions to challenging labor relations problems. We aggressively pursue client goals at the bargaining table, in arbitration, and in the courtroom. We work with non-unionized employers to develop and implement effective strategies for preventing and defeating union organizing campaigns. We are a respected adversary—unions know we’ll anticipate both their negotiation tactics and campaign plans.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>